but I know that somewhere in the history there was a thread where someone had their site copied and all the links where intact. but i don't get how anyone can make money by copying another site, hosting it on their domain and all that...

which has happened it seems to me.

This Site Is My Pages But Not My URL

So is this just some idiot or is it serious that I should try to contact someone and all that...

Geez, why can't people just be normal?