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From: David L. Jones on 4 Feb 2010 21:32 Paul E. Schoen wrote: > "Mike Warren" <miwa-not-this-bit(a)or-this-csas.net.au> wrote in message > news:xn0gq11r51ri7t000(a)news.aioe.org... >> David L. Jones wrote: >> >>> It looks like the site is doing a live mirror of my site, but >>> automatically replacing all references to "eevblog" with "war video >>> blog", even in the forum posts! >> >> Shame there's no legal way of punishing people like this. > > I think there are legal ways, but the illegal methods are probably > more satisfying. So this was done to boost ad revenue? The only real > "ad" on the site seems to be Dontronics, and the URL seems legit. But > perhaps he gets a nickle if someone clicks through his site? The > links to Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon have warvideoblog in the URL, > so maybe those clicks give him some fast cash? > > Hey, I just returned to warvideoblog and the account has been > suspended! I may have been the last one to view it (about 15 minutes > ago) before it got TOS'd. > > Paul Yep, got him! "This Account Has Been Suspended" 10 minutes after me sending the DMCA takedown notice to the web host! That fight was just too easy, no fun at all! Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: Mark Harriss on 5 Feb 2010 02:34 David L. Jones wrote: > Yep, got him! > "This Account Has Been Suspended" > 10 minutes after me sending the DMCA takedown notice to the web host! > > That fight was just too easy, no fun at all! > > Dave. > Time to blog about it and what you think about these people.
From: David L. Jones on 5 Feb 2010 07:26 Mark Harriss wrote: > David L. Jones wrote: >> Yep, got him! >> "This Account Has Been Suspended" >> 10 minutes after me sending the DMCA takedown notice to the web host! >> >> That fight was just too easy, no fun at all! >> >> Dave. > > Time to blog about it and what you think about these people. I was going to do that, but now it wouldn't hillariously show up on the fake site, so there is less fun in blogging about it now! Dave. -- --------------------------------------------- Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: baron on 5 Feb 2010 07:36 David L. Jones Inscribed thus: > Mark Harriss wrote: >> David L. Jones wrote: >>> Yep, got him! >>> "This Account Has Been Suspended" >>> 10 minutes after me sending the DMCA takedown notice to the web >>> host! >>> >>> That fight was just too easy, no fun at all! >>> >>> Dave. >> >> Time to blog about it and what you think about these people. > > I was going to do that, but now it wouldn't hillariously show up on > the fake site, so there is less fun in blogging about it now! > > Dave. Hi Dave, Its got to be worth a blog, if only as a warning to others that might try the same trick. Anyway keep up the good work. I find your blogs quite enjoyable and very entertaining. :-) -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: JosephKK on 5 Feb 2010 22:26
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:32:16 +1100, "David L. Jones" <altzone(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Paul E. Schoen wrote: >> "Mike Warren" <miwa-not-this-bit(a)or-this-csas.net.au> wrote in message >> news:xn0gq11r51ri7t000(a)news.aioe.org... >>> David L. Jones wrote: >>> >>>> It looks like the site is doing a live mirror of my site, but >>>> automatically replacing all references to "eevblog" with "war video >>>> blog", even in the forum posts! >>> >>> Shame there's no legal way of punishing people like this. >> >> I think there are legal ways, but the illegal methods are probably >> more satisfying. So this was done to boost ad revenue? The only real >> "ad" on the site seems to be Dontronics, and the URL seems legit. But >> perhaps he gets a nickle if someone clicks through his site? The >> links to Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon have warvideoblog in the URL, >> so maybe those clicks give him some fast cash? >> >> Hey, I just returned to warvideoblog and the account has been >> suspended! I may have been the last one to view it (about 15 minutes >> ago) before it got TOS'd. >> >> Paul > > >Yep, got him! >"This Account Has Been Suspended" >10 minutes after me sending the DMCA takedown notice to the web host! > >That fight was just too easy, no fun at all! > >Dave. Likely was just a junior script kiddie. |