Against Fusker... Fusker is a tool to grab the images only off galleries, bypassing ads and everything. Ok, not new, but programs like these have been successfully fought off in the past. A quote from their site:
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"Enter the URL (web address) of a web page that has direct links to images. This works well with TGP pages ? those with many thumbnails linking directly to a large versions of the images. This method will only grab images linked directly from the page you indicate; it will not crawl the website looking for image links. b) Enter an address with a range of numbers in [brackets]. Please note that if the images are 01.jpg, 02.jpg, etc. you will need to include the appropriate number of 0's within brackets: ie. [01-16].jpg. You may fusker up to two ranges at once: ie. http://www.domain.com/Archive/5[4-6]-[1-10].gif. Please note that you will need to register and log in in order to run new fuskers."
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So, they're harvesting pics off the people submitting to sites like mine. One
www.fusker.com they tell people they no longer host the program (most likely 'cause that ran into problems with it), but they're giving away the PHP-code and list the people that use it on their site. How convenient.
A sample: this is what they make of a hosted gallery at teenmegacash.com:
http://www.stoppablegolem.com/index.php?query=teenmega
Now why should I care? They're screwing the people listed on my site, which are the people that basically provide the content my visitors come to see. If I can lend a helping hand, please let me know, I have no problems at all playing around with their PHP in this matter. These people are stealing content, they must know they can't just get away with this.
Ok, now, what should I do? Get back at these fuckers? Or just let 'em go? Some people here are under the impression messing with these servers is always bad. Now I wonder if those people are also affected by these guys at fuskers.com. I'd say get these bastards... what do you guys think?