Mods being cross-posted

[KW802]

Originally Posted by Brad

The staff and Jelsoft are aware of this site. I've removed the link from the first post to prevent unlicensed users from finding the site.

Brad, would you mind removing the link from the quote in post #2 also? CinVin is also one of the sites who has stuff being redistributed on that site. :disappointed:

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by amykhar

I am not looking for their lawyers to chase everybody on our behalf. I want all downloads tracked by username here. I want license-wide bans on transgressors. I want a tracker of some sort hidden in downloads so that they can tell which user here has redistributed our work. If this site is going to be the distribution site for copyrighted work, then it has to have some sort of security in place to protect that work. Especially if they are not going to enforce our copyrights.

Agreed.

[MPDev]

I think we owe it to the community to be on the lookout for these kinds of sites, which is why I posted it here. As a group we should make the effort to ensure that sites which are distributing each others works illegally are quickly shut down.

We have an effective attorney and had our items removed quickly; however, not everyone has that benefit. I would suggest posting a clean "DMCA notice" which anyone could use to send as an official request to an ISP to have content removed by the hosting company (forget dealing with the site owner, he's already proven to be a crook).

[Reeve of shinra]

I agree with tracking the usernames... it can't be that hard to find the handful of users that must be doing this and revoking htier liscence.

If they are doing this with the mods and in the case of the original site, paid apps, chances are they are doing with vbulletin too - so its in jelsofts best interests to do this.

[KTBleeding]

Just a quick question regarding the URL..

It was removed to prevent unlicensed users from going to the link, which is understandable.. but as was mentioned in the first post, some mods from here are being ported over without permission. Perhaps the community would like to check and see if they were a victim of that?

Would it be possible for a URL in this instance to be posted in [CODE] tags? That way unlicensed users can't see it.. or can we not trust even the licensed members with something like that?

[amykhar]

KT, Brad already posted a solution to your problem in a post above.

[KTBleeding]

Oh! :x

Didn't see that.. :P

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by KTBleeding

or can we not trust even the licensed members with something like that?

There is at least one licensed member here I know of who associates with the owner a warez site that has stolen stuff from here. His site doesn't host files, just offsite links and his host has already refused Pirate Report's demands to shut him down. For those of you interested in learning more about this battle, I would suggest visiting Howard at www.piratereportsforum.com/index.php

[Tony G]

Amy is right in that there definitely needs to be some sort of security on the mods released here, a list of who downloads them is a good way to at least get a group of suspects.

[tnguy3n]

Originally Posted by smacklan

There is at least one licensed member here I know of who associates with the owner a warez site that has stolen stuff from here. His site doesn't host files, just offsite links and his host has already refused Pirate Report's demands to shut him down. For those of you interested in learning more about this battle, I would suggest visiting Howard at www.piratereportsforum.com/index.php

This guy has a dedicated hosting server with Ev1Hosts.com.

Domain Name.......... vietwww.com
Creation Date........ 2004-06-26
Registration Date.... 2004-06-26
Expiry Date.......... 2007-06-26
Organisation Name.... Ev1HostS.com
Organisation Address. p.o box 10115
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. westminster
Organisation Address. 92685
Organisation Address. ca
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

If you want to shut down his site, contact the data center to unplug the server.