Why are vb.org's mods getting ripped/redistributed?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by Xphusion

well its kinda clear that someone here with a license is delivering all the new mods to them

In a slight french accent...

But of course

They will pay for a license to get the versions they want to tinker away with, and as a bonus they get to DL all the mods they want and view all the codes and such w/o a "Only Licensed Members can view blah blah" and find more useful info. They would be stupid not to do so if you think about it. Still hate the ones doing it and one site had it to where you had to prove your a vb owner... when I take my new site public (3.8.2) and I post any mods for DL, the actual DL link is going to be the one on here so they will in fact have to login and that will prove they at least purchased a copy since they are licensed on here. I just think some sites that put up their own mods for DL on their own sites should not even if it requires registration as when they are registered there goes your work out the window.

Your technique was good in the past, Michael, but now with these leechers, it's not that useful,...

that's why i do not apply any verification process on my site. there is not that much interesting stuff on my site yet, so i'm not leeched to death, but i can tell that even if i had a verification process, my stuff would be leeched away because one nuller would visit vb.org for the code, or a hacker would nullify it, etc...

anyway, if someone leech my code freely, that just mean they would not pay for it anyway, so i prefer having them visiting my site for support, it help me learn how to support better and it also show me how much my stuff is really interesting or not. i also visit vbteam because i want to see if my stuff leeched there is grabbing any interest... (but as my name is related to vbteam, you can say that google make a good job here, my stuff have a better view on google than vbteam itself...)

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by nexialys

Your technique was good in the past, Michael, but now with these leechers, it's not that useful,...

that's why i do not apply any verification process on my site. there is not that much interesting stuff on my site yet, so i'm not leeched to death, but i can tell that even if i had a verification process, my stuff would be leeched away because one nuller would visit vb.org for the code, or a hacker would nullify it, etc...

anyway, if someone leech my code freely, that just mean they would not pay for it anyway, so i prefer having them visiting my site for support, it help me learn how to support better and it also show me how much my stuff is really interesting or not. i also visit vbteam because i want to see if my stuff leeched there is grabbing any interest... (but as my name is related to vbteam, you can say that google make a good job here, my stuff have a better view on google than vbteam itself...)

Sadly I know this but better than nothing IMO however you bring up good points regarding support and seeing how much attention is drawn but I have no time for that so I'll stick to my way for now as that helps me sleep @ night eh?

yeah, people have no time anymore... it's easy for me to say that, i work 2 hours per day, taking care of my family the rest of the time... browsing the internet is like spikes of spared time.. lol

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by nexialys

yeah, people have no time anymore... it's easy for me to say that, i work 2 hours per day, taking care of my family the rest of the time... browsing the internet is like spikes of spared time.. lol

ahh yes but sometimes Family is work enough, not meant in that "way" but you know what I mean

[DionDev]

Its funny I stumbled upon this thread.

I googled my latest shoutbox release and found downloadable versions on at least 20 different web sites (none of which I seem to recall even being registered on)...

[hambil]

Originally Posted by DionDev

Its funny I stumbled upon this thread.

I googled my latest shoutbox release and found downloadable versions on at least 20 different web sites (none of which I seem to recall even being registered on)...

It's amazing that 20 different download sites would have that bad a taste in mods (j/king)

remember that most of them are not hosting the files, they just are RSS Feeds of vb.org, so you "think" they have your releases... take care of that when you visit the sites.... i found some of my friends being accused falsely about piracy they were not doing because of that.

[Carnage]

Want to do something about your mods getting ripped?

http://www.adtoll.com/contact_us.php?subject=Terms%20of%20Service%20Enquiry

They are the advertising agency used by [x]. Submit a complaint to them about [x] publishing your mods without permission, as its against the tos for their clients to have illegal sites, it'll hopefully get their ads suspended. As a lot of you probably know, ads are what a site relies on to pay hosting fees. Without the ads [x] will be in a bit of a mess financially and it will hopefully cause the site to go under.

It may also be helpful to submit a piracy report to vbulletin as the site distributes nulled copies of vb as well.

Its not up to vborg to do something about mods getting ripped; its upto the person who owns the mod. They have ripped at least one of my mods, so i'm going to take them down; all i need is a few more guys who've had their stuff ripped to submit complaints as well.

I sent this complaint to their advertisers:
edit:

This complaint is in regards to the website www.vbteam.info which publishes adverts provided by you. From your terms of service:

"The Publisher agrees that their site does not violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation. "

However, vbteam publishes a large quantity of content for which it doesn't have the rights to do so. Specifically, http://www.vbteam.info/vb-3-7-x-addons-template-modifications/9434-advanced-ip-ban-manager.html Is a modification for vbulletin which was written by me and released exclusively on vbulletin.org. My permission was not given to vbteam to publish the modification on their site. They have 100's of other mods on their site and also publish pirate copies of vbulletin itself. 

I trust that you will be swift in dealing with this issue.
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I have removed instances of the site in question from this post and replaced them with [x]. [x] refers to

vbteam.info / vbteam.org

wrapped in code tags so unlicensed users can't see it.

actually if you fill a complaint against this guy, you will accuse a celebrity in the Radio stations in Los Angeles...

it's a fake account, and you just fallen into the trick... which would be pathetic.

do you seriously think that a pirate would register his real name on a domain registrant at 5$... that's a real show here, you really know nothing about the internet and you want to play the Net Cop...

stop that.