Who here has their galleries stolen? - GoFuckYourself.com

Paul Markham · 05-31-2004, 12:12 AM

I'm getting to hear of more and more people stealing my clients galleries and just redirecting the traffic. Is this common?

Do any of you have your galleries or content stolen and what do you do to stop it?

We allow people to watermark images with their URL, pity is few can be bothered.

Paul Markham · 05-31-2004, 12:27 AM

I will change the question to.

Who here has galleries?

Shoehorn! · 05-31-2004, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by charly
I will change the question to.

Who here has galleries?

I've seen part of my members area on Fusker, fucking bastards, but that's it that I know of.

Paul Markham · 05-31-2004, 12:34 AM

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Originally posted by TheSmutPeddlerDOTcom
I've seen part of my members area on Fusker, fucking bastards, but that's it that I know of.

So what do you do about it?

cruelmoney · 05-31-2004, 12:41 AM

I think you cann't do anything.

stev0 · 05-31-2004, 12:43 AM

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Originally posted by charly

We allow people to watermark images with their URL, pity is few can be bothered.

Easily cropped out... there's programs that will do it in bulk batches (arles). File lawsuits and profit

Paul Markham · 05-31-2004, 01:13 AM

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Originally posted by stev0
Easily cropped out... there's programs that will do it in bulk batches (arles). File lawsuits and profit

I think you're right there.

Lawsuits against the sponsor and the hosts.

But if it's cropped out at least it's easy to prove and provides more work for the thief. You have to put the watermark in different places.

Lifer · 05-31-2004, 01:34 AM

I found some of my stuff on Fusker.

First, there is a link at Fusker that you can send an email to them and ask that your site not be listed. That means, if the your images are downloaded with fusker, they are banned from appearing in the fusker board.

The bad thing is that you have to request the ban at all fusker boards... and there are about 8 of them.

Another thing I did was notify their hosting company. I did that with a hosting company in Dallas, and these guys actually notified the fusker site that they were wrong. Immediate action.

Just for your information... Fusker is a software that goes into the site and looks for image files. Then it bulk downloads everything it can find... including image buttons, clipart, logos etc.

Membership galleries can be downloaded too... but when these are posted on the Fusker site, the membership site normally asks for a user name and password. That means that the member with the password is the only one that sees the picture.

That leads to one other point... the pictures posted on fusker sites are hot linked images. So, they steal your images, and they hot link to save download bandwidth as well.

Charly, I think the only way to stop hot links and illegal downloads is to password your directories... But that means losing business... cuz if I can't see the face and action arena, then I won't buy. I think you have a pretty good system. More control will hinder sales in my opinion.

Which reminds me, I need to get over there and get that $25 special!!

Paul Markham · 05-31-2004, 03:05 AM

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Originally posted by Lifer
I found some of my stuff on Fusker.

First, there is a link at Fusker that you can send an email to them and ask that your site not be listed. That means, if the your images are downloaded with fusker, they are banned from appearing in the fusker board.

The bad thing is that you have to request the ban at all fusker boards... and there are about 8 of them.

Another thing I did was notify their hosting company. I did that with a hosting company in Dallas, and these guys actually notified the fusker site that they were wrong. Immediate action.

Just for your information... Fusker is a software that goes into the site and looks for image files. Then it bulk downloads everything it can find... including image buttons, clipart, logos etc.

Membership galleries can be downloaded too... but when these are posted on the Fusker site, the membership site normally asks for a user name and password. That means that the member with the password is the only one that sees the picture.

That leads to one other point... the pictures posted on fusker sites are hot linked images. So, they steal your images, and they hot link to save download bandwidth as well.

Charly, I think the only way to stop hot links and illegal downloads is to password your directories... But that means losing business... cuz if I can't see the face and action arena, then I won't buy. I think you have a pretty good system. More control will hinder sales in my opinion.

Which reminds me, I need to get over there and get that $25 special!!

It seems again Fusker is profitting from theft, something needs to be done about it.

Visa are currently in court with Perfect 10 and AC lost, both over profitting from theft.

It's not my job to make sure a site is not profitting from theft, it's their job.

On our site we have a URL on the larger images, content is stolen but it works as an advert to the site.

quiet · 05-31-2004, 03:06 AM

every fucking day. same with members area content.

Jer · 05-31-2004, 03:09 AM

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Originally posted by quiet
every fucking day. same with members area content.

And do they try to submit to TGPs/MPGs?

More Booze · 05-31-2004, 03:12 AM

my gallery templates have been stolen but they often replace the content. it still sucks

quiet · 05-31-2004, 03:16 AM

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Originally posted by Jer
And do they try to submit to TGPs/MPGs?

of course. that's usually how they run into problems though... i'm what you could call 'connected' in that area.

pimplink · 05-31-2004, 03:18 AM

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Originally posted by More Booze
my gallery templates have been stolen but they often replace the content. it still sucks

Did you do anything about it?

05-31-2004, 12:12 AM	#1
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05-31-2004, 12:27 AM	#2
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05-31-2004, 01:34 AM	#8
Lifer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Working Posts: 871	I found some of my stuff on Fusker. First, there is a link at Fusker that you can send an email to them and ask that your site not be listed. That means, if the your images are downloaded with fusker, they are banned from appearing in the fusker board. The bad thing is that you have to request the ban at all fusker boards... and there are about 8 of them. Another thing I did was notify their hosting company. I did that with a hosting company in Dallas, and these guys actually notified the fusker site that they were wrong. Immediate action. Just for your information... Fusker is a software that goes into the site and looks for image files. Then it bulk downloads everything it can find... including image buttons, clipart, logos etc. Membership galleries can be downloaded too... but when these are posted on the Fusker site, the membership site normally asks for a user name and password. That means that the member with the password is the only one that sees the picture. That leads to one other point... the pictures posted on fusker sites are hot linked images. So, they steal your images, and they hot link to save download bandwidth as well. Charly, I think the only way to stop hot links and illegal downloads is to password your directories... But that means losing business... cuz if I can't see the face and action arena, then I won't buy. I think you have a pretty good system. More control will hinder sales in my opinion. Which reminds me, I need to get over there and get that $25 special!! __________________ CCBill Sponsor Programs Get Paid On Time - Everytime!

05-31-2004, 03:06 AM	#10
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	every fucking day. same with members area content. __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP

05-31-2004, 03:12 AM	#12
More Booze Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,116	my gallery templates have been stolen but they often replace the content. it still sucks