I'm getting tired of people stealing my website... - Page 2

Banacheq · 10-23-07, 01:47

There's really not a whole lot you can do. The recommendations here are mostly what I would recommend as well. Make sure you have a copyright on all pages, watermark your photos, etc. Making it a Flash site will not deter anyone intent on stealing your content.
Regardless of the steps you take to protect your site, if it appears in my browser, I can grab it.

I would recommend getting a lawyer to draw up a boilerplate warning letter that you can modify for each time you send it out. More than likely, people that do this don't think anyone will go to the trouble of hiring a lawyer and will scare off at the first sign of trouble. For those that don't, you have to weigh the cost of the lawyer vs. people stealing your stuff.

I would also recommend you keep copies of all pages that you alter from here on out so that you have a paper trail of changes and when they occurred in case you ever ended up in court.

SuperBee364 · 10-23-07, 02:17

Have you tried contacting the ISP's/web hosts of the people that won't take the stolen content down? Most ISP's/web hosts are very sensitive to copyright issues; they don't want to get copyright lawyer letters and are quick to take down offending content.

Wow, I can't imagine how angry that would make me... having people steal my content/pictures and using them for their own benefit.

Any chance you could post links to the offending sites so we can visit them and make our feelings known to the site admins?

Picus · 10-23-07, 02:49

Thanks again guys. I am going to have my lawyer draft a letter. Superbee - I am going to try to deal with it legally, and if that doesn't work I'll let you guys have at 'em.

paul34 · 10-23-07, 04:40

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Originally Posted by stiffdogg06

All you gotta do to get around that is highlight image and push CTRL + C = to copy. CTRL + V = To Paste.

Or just hit the right click key on your keyboard.

Or just go to view webpage info in firefox (in toolbar menu).

Or just go to view source in firefox (in toolbar menu).

Shall I go on?

Scottwax · 10-23-07, 09:20

I don't know if others are using my pictures and copy without my permission but I have had a few Autopians ask my permission to use my copy as a basis for their's.

Have you thought about using a small, tactical nuke?

paradigm · 10-23-07, 09:21

i would update the hotlinks pics to something...um...less than desirable for them. see how long they keep trying to use your pics via hotlinks when tubgirl shows up on their sites! hahahahaha

stiffdogg06 · 10-23-07, 09:24

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Originally Posted by paradigm

i would update the hotlinks pics to something...um...less than desirable for them. see how long they keep trying to use your pics via hotlinks when tubgirl shows up on their sites! hahahahaha

That actually might make me laugh if I saw it.

is that wrong?

- Andrew

Scottwax · 10-23-07, 09:48

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Originally Posted by paradigm

i would update the hotlinks pics to something...um...less than desirable for them. see how long they keep trying to use your pics via hotlinks when tubgirl shows up on their sites! hahahahaha

That would be great. tubgirl, lemon party and goatsc.ex! Maybe even 2girls1cup. No, you really, really don't want to know.

I know someone who does that with links he posts on another board I go to. Hotlink it to another site and you get a huge suprise.

Picus · 10-23-07, 09:54

I've done that before, but in this case I think the owners of the sites may not even know the content is stolen. I put watermarks on the pictures for now.