Unbelievable, So I was promoting my free website directory in the solicitations and announcements section and was asking for unique descriptions and quality websites. Unfortunately got less than I was hoping for but a couple gems nonetheless. Going thru my submissions I noticed 3 in a row that not only were nonunique ( no big surprise ) but actually was stolen unique content right off of MY DIRECTORY that I wrote for a featured fellow buddy DP member for his free directory here . What a bastard so I PM'd them naturally and here is they're response Completely admitting that the rat bastard could care less about any loyalty to digitalpoint or the directory industry in general and I would just like to make this public. Thanks. the user is madtay and is probably in your directories, taking your content and placing it in your directory as their own. There it is, comments welcomed. Thanks.
Is this the same guy who registered the http://xxx.biduplinks.co.uk/ it's written on his sig. It seem's this guy lacks the respect and will do as it pleases. Hard to determine if any of the sites are his because of the sig link selling, but i'll keep an eye on the directory to see if it is listed on my free directories.
He submitted ( directories with my content ) xxx.F1RacingForums.co.uk xxx.TheFreeWebsiteDirectory.co.uk xxx.TheFreeWebsiteDirectory.com What's odd is that the domain names seem really nicely picked out and not some xxx.fhjdshfkjsd.info or some junk. Taking my content really ticks me off. I agree that sigs being sold might very well make some not his but the above mentioned were submitted with my content and Madtay Thanks for the reply
It would be helpfull we can maintain a list of urls that all directory owners to watch for. Please post the urls he submitted. So, we can check our directories. Thanks
Well I've now received an infraction for this thread and will stop posting in it. I understand it's a general policy on "attacking other DP members" So I'll stop posting on this topic though it is absolutely true apparently has no bearing. If moderators think it's that big of a deal to warn other members about theft of intellectual property rights and that a crime has taken place so be it and just remove the thread.
Well ill tell ya that the other day i recieved a PM from someone who bought an adult directory and Told me that the guy had copied every last catagory! Did that piss me off? You Freakin right it did.... BUT again look at this directories New PR3.... hahahahahaah thats what you get for stealing others work... Regardless the NEW owner of the adult directory told me he will be redoing the catagories so as not to copy my content...... and i THANK HIM for contacting me and letting me know of his intentions and i wish the New owner Much Success with his adult directory and if he needs anything ill help him because he had the Balls to let me know what was going on and the courage to correct the Problem.. thx malcolm
I got one too, im sure there is a very good reason for this that the mods gives out an infraction to warn other members. Basically I think we need a place of our own to discuss this matters as I think it's important. I have a forum, though it's not made for attacking, but I can make a topic for something like this, anyone care for that url you may PM me. Edit: When I say "I got one too" that was from the previous thread I made and not on this one.
While I don't know enough about this case, if there is anyone that is in violation of the phpLD license, please let me know in a PM. That is one way I can help in some cases. Just today, we reached agreement with a host to suspend an account that was in violation on multiple domains and they are about to be taken down.
Alright guys thanks will keep my eyes and ears open . And sorry about the infractions you got. Cheers
When my PRLD was running on Free 2.1 -- I had daily submission from some one wha was angry with me because I do not approve his free submits. He always submitted adult links--forum URLs and later my oun contents. I did nothing but delete them all the time. After upgrading to 3.1 --I have not got a single SPAM submission so far.
yes this is the arsehole who after just several posts announed biduplinks.co.uk about 2 weeks after i had started biduplinks.com and biduplinks.org he claims he just thought the name up
Well... I agree thats not right as i bought a domain from go-daddy just to find out a few minutes later that someone we know owned the domain and i immediatly contacted him and the domain was pushed to him.... IF you dont want issues like this then its up to you to buy the .net .org .whatever and also any close domains for branding..... I own ALL of my adult-url domains or anything even close to it BUT agree that was a very shitty thing they did.... thx malcolm
I understand the moderators not wanting DP to degrade into a bashing, name-calling, place of personal attacks; but, when a member is breaking the law (yes, dear moderator stealing content is breaking copyright law - just a law that is unfortunately not well policed); the information should be shared with others. Directory owners simply don't have the time to check every submitted site to ensure that it has not stolen content from someone else. I appreciate these posts as they 1. Protect others from linking to bad neighborhoods with stolen content and 2. Just might stop someone else from stealing as they run the risk of being outted here. Perhaps, if a member posts a report of this nature in the future and a moderator questions the validity of the report - the moderator could ask the OP for proof and if the proof is lacking simply delete the post and THEN give an infraction. This type of behaviour may not be obvious from the reputation and Itrader system alone as both neg and positive reps are often given for simply disagreeing with ideas rather than actions. I appreciate these posts and would like to see them continue, when appropriate, as folks who steal and commit fraud while using the DP community to promote their sites and businesses weaken the integrity of this site and all of its membership.
umm. It seems that is inappropriate to me. I think the moderator should reconsider. The information is actually very helpful to other DP members, so this shouldn't be viewed in any sort of "attack".