Don't You Wish You Could Get Them in a Dark Alley?

Sorry, I had to literally LOL at this statement. Right, sure.

On a serious note, I'm sorry to hear that your work is being lifted. Remember, what goes around, comes around (or so we hope).

Ha ha - there's only one institution for people like this, Tiffany. Probably some snotty-nosed kid thinking he's being very clever!

Agree with Eric as well...

Sorry that your work was stolen by this dirtbag...

He'll get his...

And the "internet police institution"...

Whatever.

Pavon

What an a$$hole. I wonder how well his bluffing techniques work. It might be more effective if he didn't claim to be part of the "internet police institution" LMAO. What the hell is that?

Sucks that your product is getting ripped off but it's great to have others looking out for you like that. Good luck bringing this guy down.

- Edit - That's hilarious. When I posted my response there were no others and after I post I see 3 above mine. I guess no one could let the "internet police institution" thing go. That's one of the dumbest things I've heard in a while.

Tiff,
I didn't know what Rapidshare was so I looked them up on google. I saw this under support.

If you have reason to believe that one of our users is violating your copyrights or is using RapidShare to publish illegal contents, please send an e-mail to
Required information

Please note that we only follow up messages that meet the following requirements: abuse@rapidshare.com.

* Please provide us with your name, address and telephone number.
* Explain which copyrighted material is affected.
* If it a case of files with illegal contents, please describe the contents briefly in two or three points.
* Please provide the exact and complete RapidShare download link of the file
* Give details of the address of the webpage that published the link.
* If there are several RapidShare links, please include all links with complete details in your message. Please do not send any attachments. Simply insert the details in text format into the message.
(Example: http://rapidshare.com/files/123456/beispiel.jpg).
* Please ensure that you can receive further enquiries from us at the e-mail address you are writing from.
* Please only write to us in English or German.

Maybe you can at least get them to take the file off their hosting and ask them to not allow anyone to host it there. But I really don't know what kind of people own this site so I really don't know if this would do anything.

Brian

Here's another funny part: "this site is up to catch people like you"

I haven't seen the scumbag's site, but it's quite possible an honest person could see it and not know they were downloading something illegally.

And what "police" organization would send an obscene response to someone they should be protecting.

Is this guy charging money? Report him to his payment processor.

Also report him to his registrar and host. The fact that your files were apparently on a server he didn't own doesn't clear him. He is still illegally distributing your work.

Sounds like some pimply faced 13 year old to me. Lol, internet police institution, that cracks me up.

Sorry your product is being shared around illegally. That is the worst and the best thing about the internet. Everything is just bits and bytes when it comes down to it and if unethical people get a hold of your stuff, they can distribute it freely. But our ability to distribute things freely as internet marketers is what is so awesome. Guess you have to take the good with the bad.

You can take solace in that anybody who downloads it for free wasn't ever going to buy it anyway, so you really aren't losing business.

Jon

K hosting company (thanks Dana for finding that for me!) is going to investigate and handle him they guy said. Contacted godaddy for same. Contacting PayPal too.

Where's that jugular? Ahhh...right there. Tasty!

Now...which autoresponder is he using? Time to shut that down, too.

yes, contacting the hosting company in my case worked WONDERS for me - I guess I should be relieved that the guy who had my ebook on his site apologized once I got his site taken down. Wow. What a complete low life dirtbag.

Hey Tiff,

I think I know the very guy. He still sends me e-mails to join his download network. The way I got sucked into one of his previous schemes was, he sent me an e-mail to the address I only use for PayPal & Ebay. He said he was a famous Guru (whom I just had purchased a program from, so it appeared legit) offering a personal coaching program deal. He was only offering it to 5 people (Ha!) and it was only $100. His guarantee was, "if you aren't making at least $100 a day, everyday, within the first week, I will refund your money."

So I joined up. Talk about Black Hat! I was really questioning the ethics of the Guru, when I get an e-mail from THE REAL Guru saying, "Beware, someone is pretending to be me and selling personal coaching..."

The very day I got that e-mail, the fake guy sent an e-mail saying "I never said I was THE Guru, we just have the same name. He then changed his contact e-mail to "admin" instead of the guru name.
(he actually mentioned that he is a member of the WF, himself!)

I contacted the payment processor and complained. (no action). I then emailed them again, with the real Guru's e-mail, asking me to go to the authorities, and I got a refund the same day.

As for Rapidshare taking the link down...they will do it, but someone can just repost it with a new link (happens all the time), so you are fighting a loosing battle. They have every major release on the market and every WSO.

The only good thing that came of this was that part of this guys instruction was to get on the WF and build-up my feedback score. He never did tell me how that was going to be used in his master plan. He mentioned getting my post count up to 10. I think he was aiming at me posting a WSO.

He suggested doing "Oh yea, I agree" posts to build up quickly. Anyone who has followed my posts knows, I've NEVER done that. I'm too long winded for that . And, just in case anyone is wondering, I've never advertised in my Sig File or done a WSO (soon to change, though )

I had been lurking for some time, and I'm glad I did follow THAT instruction and become part of the family.

Sorry Tiffany, you will have a hard time getting these people (and Torrent sites, too) from stealing your work.

But, I like that you are going to the bad guy's hosting company. He will just change companies, but you will inconvience him, temporally.

Good Luck,

Adam

If ebook publishers had any idea how many times their works are getting passed around for free, they wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Piracy has been a HUGE problem since the beginning of personal computing.

Tiffany, have you considered using a protection package to secure your ebooks? I know, they're not 100% effective, but they will slow down some percentage of illegal users.

- Russ

Sounds like a little kid

Update: My page was removed from his site but he's still giving away WSOs and other eBooks. FYI, he's a fellow Warrior! Lovely

if you know of any other warriors that are being ripped off then maybe you should tell them so they can report him as well

Tiff,

I tried to get this individuals paypal account shut down too, but no luck as yet. He always manages to be one step in front of the game.

He's now hosting on a dedicated server, hidden his info and has loads of false information out there.

There are more than one of us trying to oust this cretinous moron.
If I could get him down that dark alley well there's no telling what I'd do to him.

I have allerted a few warriors whose products are on the site, but there are too many for one individual to do alone.

There has GOT to be a way to find out the identity of this individual! It can't be that hard.

I'd probably do something irrational like sending the following response...
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Dear F#*kstick,

You'll be receiving a C&D letter from my attorney soon. In the mean time, you may want to research "aiding and abetting". We'll be speaking to your web host and local authorities as well. Indeed, have a Merry Christmas.


Regards,
Tiffany

P.S.
Don't forget to bring your log files to the deposition. My attorney and I already have our victory dance choreographed for when that "Oh Sh!t" expression takes over your face as you realize I've never joined your site or downloaded anything from it.

I'm appalled! Some people's kids... I tell ya.

I can't believe someone would steal from someone else, then copy an attitude when they get called on it.

I'm sure Bev can find the guy. If she can't, I'm sure there's someone on the forum who was a private investigator in their previous life.

I'm sure his site will get pulled soon. It sounds like he's doing the same thing to many other people.

I really commend you for sticking with it this long, Janet! I wish more people would, and I hope that the laws someday change to make it easier to prosecute these people.

From what I know, cus I researched this thing abit, if you want to take legal action about this guy, you have to prove that HE actually stole the product and that now he is reselling it.

If he just found them on other websites and he is reselling them there isnt much you can do, especially if he is not hosting the files on his hosting account.

He could just say in court or whatever: "I just sold the info, not the actual products"...meaning that he arguments his action something like a journalist, he just sold you the link and not the copyrighted products.

So, I guess the only way is to just keep closing his hosting, autoresponder etc...

EDIT: you should also protect your files, download links etc... better, so they would have a harder time hacking your site.

That's too bad Tiffany.

When I read internet police institution I couldn't help but laugh.

Wooo, wooo...calm your horses I never said I was ok with them, Ive had my first product stolen too, witch was a wso here, and I found it on of those sharing sites and decided I should do something about it.

I managed to suspend the website, then I asked a friend of my dad who is an attorney in USA...and he told me that there isn't much you can do besides the above stated because in order to prosecute him for piracy you actually have to prove that he bought the product and resold it or his IP hacked your site and took the product, quote "In court all that matters are evidences, if their not clear...with a decent attorney he will get away with it very fast".

Thats why I said those thing...I hate them with a passion too, but if I can't prove that HE actually acted against my copyright without me knowing, you cant really give him a big @#$ fine or some time in jail.

NOTE: I'm not sure how experienced that attorney is, I just stated what he told me.

I've got proof, screen shots, who is info, and limited company information downloaded, all time stamped.
I also now have the name of the person I need to claim damages from. The end of the line in my case, is just 3 hours drive away, so if they pull the I want it held in my local court room, no worries. And I don't need an attorney because I know how the legal system works in this country.

Go for it Janet and let us know how it went I do hope you succeed cus that would mean that the guy that gave me advice is wrong and I can do something more about it.

Janet is the person in the UK, if they are then there is something that can be done. Met have a designated team for internet crime.

I have no idea what the Met would do. The problem is even if you get a county court judgment would they pay the amount they are told to pay?

I personally would talk to the Met, get their take on it, and see what advice they give.

Tiff, hit them where it hurts, report them to Clickbank, Amazon, Chitaka and the other ads they have on the site.

Whilst I always used to agree with you drmarni, this time, I might beg to differ.
Why?
Because, if I lose my income because of this person, then I will no longer be in the situation of going hey it's Mani's blogathon let's donate!

I wouldn't go that far if it was a kid...a big big fine yeah, but if hes younger than 20 years old I wouldn't send him to jail...I just don't have it in me, to take maybe the most beautiful years of his life...

But thats just me...

Knowing british justice it is very unlikely they would even go to court let alone prison

Tiffany... you mean you KNOW who it is?/ you said its a fellow Warrior??

We have warriors in like all parts of the world... Why not just hunt him down and give him an Xmas knockdown... 10 warriors going together to his place would suffice. A$$Hole.

Tiffany, I know what it feels to be where you are right now... Feels like shit.

Why isn't karma instant?

-Lakshay

Tiff,

could you please email the details of this scum?

I have an idea.