If you're going to steal at least do it properly
 

I just found some sponsor hits from a URL that wasn't mine so though I'd better see why. It seems it's yet another thief stealing gallery designs - nothing new there. It's a fairly simple design so it bothers me little but for fucks sake. If you are going to steal do it properly...

The sponsor was topbucks but all the images he used were from bangbros and stamped. The 'main' banner still had my ref code on it. The text link had a mangled code on it that goes to nobody. What the fuck is the point of stealing stuff and then making no money from it?

Are thieves less intelligent these days or are there simply more of them so you notice it more? Daft stuff like this has always happened but you seem to see more of it lately.

Oh - and I'd blacklist subs from http://easyinporn.com were I you. Seems not only does he steal but he also redirects galleries :)

He stole it so he could redirect it. He doesn't care about the clicks aslong as he can get listed and redirect it.

I wouldn't be surprised if you started getting banned using that design now...

You probably have a point there. However the guy still left one affiliate code of mine in but mangled the other. Just plain strange.

But yep - as it seems he redirects it's quite possible he doesn't give a fuck about the sponsor on the gallery as such. Hadn't really thought about that before :)

Maybe send an email to the TGP's you submit to and let them know just incase.

That'd be a lot of e-mails. Mind you - I suppose that could be a problem if my codes still in there. Not sure how many TGP's ban by ref sponsor code.

I'll leave it as is and see if anything happens. If anyone wants to keep their blacklist udated I've posted the URL of his site so they have another to add.

As I say - common thing people stealing layouts etc. I'd just seen very few with as many fuckups as this guy made :)

That sucks. I have it happen alot. I tend to find alot of stolen galleries via google and sponsor stats. I always contact the tgp's that the recips belong to found on the stolen galleries. 50 percent of the time they have blacklisted my "sponsor codes", But quickly explaining the situation gets blacklist removed. 9 times out of ten they don't understand why they leave my sponsor codes.


I ronically there is one stolen gallery that keeps netting me sales. Gets lots of google traffic. It's recipless too. :1orglaugh