[thelist] Site copied by pirates [not really]
Tony Crockford
tonyc at boldfish.co.uk
Fri Jun 23 00:27:08 CDT 2006
Mattias Thorslund wrote:
>
> You mean the "stolen code" is the layout markup, and maybe some
> JavaScript in the rollover images?
>
> I wouldn't condone it, but I don't see how this is a big deal? I don't
> see anything really heartbreakingly innovative or special here. The
> site seems to be a pretty low-revenue one - it's not like someone is
> getting rich on your hard labor.
The big deal is that he's claiming a lot of my hard work as his own,
yet copied it with a website scraping tool, and that the code he has
in place is damaging my site analytics.
it's not javascript it's CSS, BTW
>
> Obviously the plagiarist should have borrowed from someone who is more
> willing to share, and there are plenty of people who are.
That hurts!
I'm perfectly willing to share, he could have had the code and an
explanation just by asking - that way he wouldn't have broken my site.
>
> Actually, isn't it flattering that someone finds your code useful enough
> to plagiarize? Take it as a compliment.
I would, if he hadn't broken my site in doing so.
>
> So, the only "real" issue I see is the bandwidth leeching, and others
> have suggested what you can do about it. I would suggest doing some
> "whois" research and contact the administrator about it.
I shall, but I'm still a bit perplexed by the attitude expressed on
this list by the majority of responses that it's okay to copy the
underlying code, structure and control of a website, with the
implication that it's no big deal.
I know we all "learn" from other peoples code, but are you all
suggesting that it's okay to just take a whole web site as long as you
change a few images so it doesn't look the same?
I thought Evolters were more professional than this?
I'm dumbfounded.
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