Image Stealing

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  1. :: kna ::

    :: kna :: POCOYO! Moderator

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    http://lcdmod.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164

    These guys have taken our images without asking, or any indiction of where they were from. When asked to change them or give us credit, it would appear that the would rather razz their noses at us.

    Please feel free to draw your own conclusions as to the integrity of the business. However, I thought I would bring it to the attention of our users who may consider buying from them.
     
  2. CrOaKeR

    CrOaKeR Host warrior 4, Vengence!

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    Cheeky beggars. And they only had the nutz to come back with one really lame, and totally incorrect reply. Well spotted bit boys!
     
  3. :: Phat ::

    :: Phat :: Oooh shakalaka!

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    Don't you just love the way they've left the Bit Tech logo on the side of the picture :D

    EDIT : Just Left My Reply :D
     
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  4. inder

    inder Mr.Modtown

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    That sucks, and what a crappy layout for a site...

    As far as i can see their host is: http://www.supanames.co.uk

    Why not send them an email or fill in the contact form and complain about it, perhaps they will do something...

    or and alert them of their forums, i doubt they actually brought the license for vBulletin... (hope you guys have!)

    :grr:
     
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  5. M3G4

    M3G4 talkie walkie

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    Whilst they still have the images on their pages, why not re-name the originals, and make it so they appear on the appropriate page on Bit-Tech, while renaming "This Image has been stolen from..." images to the names of the images that site is using... Of course, this can only be done if they haven't uploaded the images to their host... which they probably did...

    Let's hope something gets done quickly..
     
  6. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    They've removed the copyright from the bottom of all the pages, which is illegal under the vB license.

    From the license:
    In the source it says: <!-- Do not remove this copyright notice --> but it's been removed. :lol:

    I found this amusing, on the front page:
    Recognise any of those people?
     
  7. :: Phat ::

    :: Phat :: Oooh shakalaka!

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    Hmm some of those names look familiar :D

    Hey cheese why don't you ask them for a job? Cos from what I can see, that site is gonna WAY overtake Bit-tech :D ppppfft
     
  8. :: kna ::

    :: kna :: POCOYO! Moderator

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    Well, it would appear that he's going to be taking the images down.. which is nice.

    The moral of this story is; we're not out to hassle small site for petty reasons.. but we only did what anyone would do if there's a site blatant stealing our stuff without so much as a please or thankyou.
     
  9. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    Thanks for your support guys :)

    Rob.
     
  10. Jamie

    Jamie ex-Bit-Tech code junkie

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    Of course we have ... would be intersting to find out if they have tho :p
     
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