Author Topic: Who do I report copyright issues to?  (Read 2215 times)

Offline Oldiesmann

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Who do I report copyright issues to?
« on: Mar 21, 2012, 21:55:02 »
A site I know of is using a DS theme but has removed the DS copyright. I sent a PM to the admin back in October about it (I don't visit this site/forum much) and got a response of "Why is this any concern of yours?", even though I have "SMF Project Manager" in my signature. The copyright is still missing, so who should I report that to?

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #1 on: Mar 22, 2012, 07:49:32 »
Thanx for reporting Oldiesmann. If you care to PM me the site link I will post it in our Site Reports board.

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #2 on: Mar 22, 2012, 07:58:08 »
It appears I don't have enough posts to be able to PM yet. I'll email it to you.

I've since had my account deleted from that forum as well (along with my support post about an error I was receiving with this guy's software). Apparently he didn't like me saying that I'd report it to you guys since he clearly didn't care...
« Last Edit: Mar 22, 2012, 08:03:44 by Oldiesmann »

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #3 on: Mar 22, 2012, 10:16:31 »
Two more posts and you will be able to PM.  ;)
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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #4 on: Mar 23, 2012, 09:39:32 »
I already sent you the link via email yesterday (the address listed on your website :P). Hopefully you'll be able to get somewhere with this idiot, as he clearly has no respect for copyright (which is sad considering he develops Open Source software as well).

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #5 on: Mar 23, 2012, 23:02:23 »
Sorry, I'll check my email asap.  ;)
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Offline SilverKnight

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2012, 10:45:33 »
I have found a website that is using a premium theme which have not bought it: http://theclapbox.com/

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2012, 18:22:49 »
Thanks for reporting although unless you can prove that the owner of the reported site isn't a former club member, there isn't much that can be done.

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2012, 15:17:25 »
Hello, I also found a forum without the copyright, the site is
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The skin of that forum is Noize.
« Last Edit: May 12, 2012, 08:16:19 by ARG »

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Re: Who do I report copyright issues to?
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2012, 08:16:29 »
Noted.  :cheers:
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