Massive license violation on content used from Wikitravel

Offbeat Guides is using content from Wikitravel (http://wikitravel.org/). All material in Wikitravel is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...), which requires that: "You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work)", and that "If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one."

I created a test guide on your site for London. The text was taken word-for-word from the Wikitravel article "London" (http://wikitravel.org/en/London) - "Noisy, vibrant and truly multicultural, London is a megalopolis of people, ideas and energy...." Yet I was not able to find a single attribution to the source of the material, still less any reference to the license that the material is offered under.

As if that was not bad enough, your Terms of Service (http://www.offbeatguides.com/tos) state:

"All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Offbeat Guides or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.... Offbeat Guides grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Offbeat Guides. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Offbeat Guides "

This is not only flat out wrong, but it is outright theft of the hard work of the many contributors of Wikitravel, who produced it as a FREE CONTENT resource.

I am not a lawyer, but I know enough to tell you that you are in serious violation of the license of Wikitravel's content, and that you have two choices: either radically modify your site and ToS to both attribute the content and show how it is licensed; or remove it in its entirety. The ball is now in your court.

I have sent this to Evan Prodromou, the creator of Wikitravel, who will no doubt be in touch with you in due course.