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I just want to tell you guys involved in this to keep at it. As someone who bought a CD when I owned a P910i only to find out that the software on it including the games and themes were all ripped off from different freeware sites I really want to see the bastard stopped.
I really believe that this is another such situation.eBay eventually shut the person down so if they find out about this guy they will with him too.
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Posted: 2007-11-04 01:05:07
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@SE4NICK can you share the link & i'll see what i can do?
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Posted: 2007-11-04 04:24:09
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Thanks much appreciated, I am just so lost for time ATM
http://rapidshare.com/files/67278957/se_themes.zip
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Posted: 2007-11-04 04:27:56
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Ok I have been in contact with devnull/devsmoothe, a couple of 2 year old themes of his were in that file.... and here is what he had to say:
Thanks for bringing this to our attention SE4NICK. I've taken a look at the linked file, and I found a couple of my old themes there. This is work I posted on Esato (and several other places) over two years ago without any kind of protection. And frankly I consider these pretty gone by now. They've been ripped-off so many times that I've kinda' given up trying to track them down.
It's a sad fact that there are plenty of idiots willing to exploit the works of others out there. And an even more tragic fact that there are people willing to spend money on something which is available for free all over the internet.
I won't be pursuing this any further, simply because I don't won't to waste any of my energy on these old themes anymore. But I fully understand others willing to see justice done. Take care, and good luck.
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Posted: 2007-11-06 07:38:50
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were not giving up r we ?
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Posted: 2007-11-08 06:19:17
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The eBay seller has been in touch with me and pleads ignorance. The last I heard was that they would review the themes in the file and remove them from sale if it turned out that they were from Esato or M9's gallery.
Needless to say, I've heard nothing since.
The only way is to go via eBay but they will only listen to individual themers whose themes are included.
I'll take them on if any of my themes are included.
[ This Message was edited by: downsie on 2007-11-10 01:56 ]
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Posted: 2007-11-10 02:49:25
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None of my themes are in the list but I recognise many of our colleagues work.
I have sent the seller this message via eBay:
"I refer to my previous message regarding intellectual property.
I have seen one file of themes and I can confirm that the themes have been lifted from Esato & Mobile9 authors' submissions.
None of my themes are included, I am glad to say. However, I have discussed this matter with my colleagues and they are outraged. I will be contacting effected theme authors and will recommend that they pursue the matter through eBay's intellectual property reporting procedure.
Square Deal have also expressed an interest in the matter and have said that they are taking this seriously and will be monitoring it.
You may wish to avoid any unpleasant repercussions by removing all the theme packs from eBay."
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Posted: 2007-11-10 03:53:08
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I just put in a complaint to sqaure trade about this matter.
I'll keep you guys posted on the reply.
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Posted: 2007-11-10 16:34:55
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Nice one, Chad.
I've had more comms with the seller. He wants links to themes that are exact matches to the the ones on the file.
It's a tough ask because the only way is to manually trawl through them.
I found five after an hour of trawling and I've sent him the links.
He has promised to remove the files if we can prove beyond doubt that we are right.
He insists that he bought the themes in good faith with resale rights.
As all the themes are freely available on Esato & M9 etc, he is either more stupid than his customers or he is lying.
I'm going with the former as he hasn't even bothered to remove the Esatonet logo from the images or authors' names from the files.
[ This Message was edited by: downsie on 2007-11-10 17:02 ]
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Posted: 2007-11-10 17:53:18
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I've just visited his eBay shop and the Square Trade Seal is no longer there.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/info[....]4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQtZkm
Maybe they've kicked him out already.
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Posted: 2007-11-10 18:16:43
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