Some site is ripping products off from here

[Opserty]

Originally Posted by davidw

Using that analogy, one addendum would be that you were the one who created the sweets and they took the credit for creating them.

Pretend they were little fairy cakes you baked yourself then

[KURTZ]

Originally Posted by Wired1

It's more than that. These mods can only be downloaded by people with valid license keys. When distributed through other means, this bypasses the level of security, and makes the security invalid. It also means software pirates can benefit even further via our mods.

exactly ... that's i said, and that's the 'issue' ...

[smacklan]

Folks...surely with all the internet savvy people we have here you must know all of this is a mute point? There is nothing that can be done to stop piracy. It can be "annoyed" sometimes, but never stopped. Once your stuff is out there, it's out there forever. There is no way the org or anyone else can protect your work...heck, you wouldn't even be able to prevent this from your own site either. The bottom line is either relax and get over the reality or don't publish your work...it's really as simple as that.

[Boofo]

And then the community loses out on all of my expert work.

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by Boofo

And then the community loses out on all of my expert work.

What would you suggest then Bob? You've been around long enough to know there really isn't anything that can be done to stop this. Believe me, I wish there was. I tried for a long time before I came to the realization that I could either spend all my time stressing over it and trying to get every site that passes on my stuff shut down or I could focus on what I can control. The reality is there are licensed members here who get some sort of warped kick out of being part of the "underground" and have no respect for the authors and their work and could care less about the damage it does. There are literally thousands of websites giving away (and yes, sometimes profiting from) our work. Talk to Howard at Pirate Reports if you think there is something you can do proactively...he'll tell you the best thing you can do is pay him $1000's each month and let him track down these fools and shut them down. For every one you shut down, 5 more pop up in their place

[Boofo]

My comment was meant as facetious, but since you asked, I don't have a problem with it from here on out as I don't plan on releasing anything publicly anymore.