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From: David L. Jones on 4 Feb 2010 19:57 David L. Jones wrote: > Check it out: > http://www.warvideoblog.com/ > >Wow, d�j�! > >Good to know I'm popular enough to get blatantly copied in an attempt for >ad >revenue Wow again, this gets even more impressive: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=195.msg1871#msg1871 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! Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: Mike Warren on 4 Feb 2010 20:09 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. -- - Mike
From: David L. Jones on 4 Feb 2010 20:30 Mike Warren wrote: > 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. Yeah, could be anywhere on the planet really. I've managed to block his IP address on my server, so the site is now down completely. But I guess I'll have to re-anable it for a while so I can actually prove to his host that he's scraping my site so I can get him shut down. Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: Bill Beaty on 4 Feb 2010 20:44 On Feb 4, 5:30 pm, "David L. Jones" <altz...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I've managed to block his IP address on my server, so the site is now down > completely. But I guess I'll have to re-anable it for a while so I can > actually prove to his host that he's scraping my site so I can get him shut > down. I wonder if similar previous events ever have inspired hackers to add optional "vengence" capability to Wordpress. Allow certain selected IPs to see an alternate version of your blog! (The all-goatse 2girls graphic channel? The gigabyte-GIF interest blog?)
From: Paul E. Schoen on 4 Feb 2010 21:23
"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 |