Wow - This jerk didn't even take the logo off my photos --

[MASSIVE Mastering]

I'm working on it.

[TKMJ Productions]

Crap! They stold the Stereo Stupidifier with Digital Sonic Decrapulator.

Get em John! There is an address that looks legit here. Maybe it's time to call your lawyer. Go for where it hurts most. The pocketbook!

[jordancolburn]

http://www.terapad.com/index.cfm?fa=con ... Conditions

see 23 for email address to report violations, its worth a shot, but the joker might just move to a different host.

[MASSIVE Mastering]

Already e-mailed Terapad - Twice. No response (not even automated) yet...

[acidwarp]

Well at least you can look on the bright side.....when ppl steal your pics, and copy your gear that must mean your reputation is pretty [darn] good . Sometimes instead of getting mad you all need to look on the brightside. That doesnt mean you shouldnt take legal action and/or screw with the guy too though

mario

[MASSIVE Mastering]

Yeah, but when people steal my pics and gear list, it means they're scum-sucking bottom feeders interested in misrepresenting themselves to take advantage of others.

Received a "non-help" letter from Terapad... Evidently, plagiarism and bandwidth theft isn't against their TOS or something... Or they just don't want to get involved - even when it's this obvious...

[U2bonoman]

I just found out that the jerkweed was stealing my bandwidth also - Those photos are directly linked from my site.


So I changed one of them...

Nice!!

[Rick Levine]

Send them a DMCA take down notice. Then they have to comply. You have the copyrights to that information.
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/09/dmca ... ement.html

[jordancolburn]

seems to me we have a lot of people interested in helping get some revenge.....who's up for a Massive DOS attack?

[timboalogo]

seems to me we have a lot of people interested in helping get some revenge.....who's up for a Massive DOS attack?

I wouldn't bother, I bet nobody goes to that site anyway. A million bucks in gear and $25 a song.

[acidwarp]

LOL, i just email the person in question as to rates and info about having a song mixed and mastered, Im quite tempted to start writing a quick cheap song that would laugh at him/her lol
I have a few songs started without lyrics already, leave a msg if anyone has any free time and wanna have a good laugh lol
mario

[ricc333]

Yeah let's send them something that would be impossible to mix/master and then refuse to pay.

Passive-aggressive at its finest!

[TKMJ Productions]

I just found out that the jerkweed was stealing my bandwidth also - Those photos are directly linked from my site.


So I changed one of them...

If the pics are linked to your site, then when you click on one it should take their customer to your site. Maybe you could steal their business that should be yours anyway. And take theirs on principle and payback!

[_controlfreak]

If the pics are linked to your site, then when you click on one it should take their customer to your site.

Do you . . . have any idea of how the internet works? Good thing wifey is so technologically-inclined: What would you do with yourself all day?

[TKMJ Productions]

If the pics are linked to your site, then when you click on one it should take their customer to your site.

Do you . . . have any idea of how the internet works? Good thing wifey is so technologically-inclined: What would you do with yourself all day?

Yup I do. You click where the finger points and wham! you're there. Ain't it neat?

Wanna try? I'll give you "the finger".

Now what do I do with myself all day? Well.... sometimes I work out. Sometimes I do some of my own music. Sometimes I just hang around on the internet. Sometimes I teach at the college. Sometimes I go up to the new studio in Salamanca, Ny for a few days at a time. Sometimes I just kick back and sleep in. It's nice to now be semi retired.

Yup! I'm just an audio bum now. How about you? You still just a controlfreak?

[timboalogo]

I think what Alex was trying to point out is how an <img> works versus how a hyperlink works.

The offender has linked to John's site using an <img> as follows:

<img height="212" width="166" class="imageStyle" alt="MASSIVE_Workstation" src="http://www.massivemastering.com/html/massive_gear_files/massive_workstation-3.jpg" />

John replaced his original massive_workstation-3.jpg with a new one and VIOLA, it now shows a message on dufus' page.

But a click on the image doesn't take you to John's website, it only grabs the image from it. If John wanted the image to be clickable and linked to his site, he'd have to ask the dufus to change his HTML to link to one of his pages, rather than to display one of his images.

Capiche?

[TKMJ Productions]

I think what Alex was trying to point out is how an <img> works versus how a hyperlink works.

The offender has linked to John's site using an <img> as follows:

<img height="212" width="166" class="imageStyle" alt="MASSIVE_Workstation" src="http://www.massivemastering.com/html/massive_gear_files/massive_workstation-3.jpg" />

John replaced his original massive_workstation-3.jpg with a new one and VIOLA, it now shows a message on dufus' page.

But a click on the image doesn't take you to John's website, it only grabs the image from it. If John wanted the image to be clickable and linked to his site, he'd have to ask the dufus to change his HTML to link to one of his pages, rather than to display one of his images.

Capiche?

Oh. OK.

[TKMJ Productions]

John,

Call these guys and give them all the info including the links, address, phone etc etc.
They may be able to help or direct you where to go.

High Tech Crimes Unit,
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
(213) 580-3272

Without a 501-c3 status they can't take donations as payment. They must also be registered with the state government to conduct business in Cali. They post a Cali address. This stuff can go criminal. It could suck to be them.

Ken

[aww-de-oh]

Ask to whom do i make the check out to?
When they cash it, it should be traceable to them. (whether they use a DBA or personal

[_controlfreak]

[blah blah blah] Without a 501-c3 status they can't take donations as payment. They must also be registered with the state government to conduct business in Cali. They post a Cali address. This stuff can go criminal.

Yet their CONTACT information is from Washington. And ANYONE can "take" donations as a payment. The operative word is take. They just can't offer the person "donating" a tax-writeoff. Although, it appears he has some kind of group/foundation set up to donate to.

Bugging the LA County DA about "a fake address that someone posted on a website that no one goes to" is just LUDICROUS. It seriously only exists in Hollywood - you know - that place half a block northwest of LA. Although I'd expect *nothing* less from you than to further waste the time of law enforcement and/or dollars that the rest of us Americans are paying...

"OMG SOMEONE WITH AN OBAMA STICKER JUST CUT ME OFF ON THE FREEWAY AND THEY WERE DRIVING A LITTLE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT AND NOW I'M GOING TO WRITE A GOOD OL' FASHION LETTER TO THE WASHINGTON D.C. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH I WAS DRIVING AROUND IN BUTTCRACK, WYOMING AND I'M NOT GONNA MAIL IT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'D THROW IT STRAIGHT INTO THE GARBAGE CAN BUT I'MA GO SHOVE IT IN THEIR FACE AND YELL AND DANCE AROUND AND THEN I'MA RECORD THEIR RESPONSE ONTO A MINI-CASSETTE AND HAVE THE MISSUS TRANSCRIBE IT AND THEN COME POST IT HERE SO _CF CAN EXPLAIN IT TO ME AND THEN I WILL MAKE A FART JOKE AND POST A ROFL SMILEY AND MAYBE EVEN THUMBS-UP GUY IF I STILL HAVE ANY ENERGY AND IT ISN'T TIME FOR POTTY THEN I WILL REMINISCE AND GRIPE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND IF I QUOTE ANY MOVIES I WILL BE SURE TO QUOTE THE MOST CLICHE LINE IN IT BECAUSE I'M HIP LIKE THAT AND SPEAKING OF WHICH DOES ANYONE HAVE A SPARE I NEEDS KTHXBYE FART ROFL."

[timboalogo]

"OMG SOMEONE WITH AN OBAMA STICKER JUST CUT ME OFF ON THE FREEWAY AND THEY WERE DRIVING A LITTLE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT AND NOW I'M GOING TO WRITE A GOOD OL' FASHION LETTER TO THE WASHINGTON D.C. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH I WAS DRIVING AROUND IN BUTTCRACK, WYOMING AND I'M NOT GONNA MAIL IT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'D THROW IT STRAIGHT INTO THE GARBAGE CAN BUT I'MA GO SHOVE IT IN THEIR FACE AND YELL AND DANCE AROUND AND THEN I'MA RECORD THEIR RESPONSE ONTO A MINI-CASSETTE AND HAVE THE MISSUS TRANSCRIBE IT AND THEN COME POST IT HERE SO _CF CAN EXPLAIN IT TO ME AND THEN I WILL MAKE A FART JOKE AND POST A ROFL SMILEY AND MAYBE EVEN THUMBS-UP GUY IF I STILL HAVE ANY ENERGY AND IT ISN'T TIME FOR POTTY THEN I WILL REMINISCE AND GRIPE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND IF I QUOTE ANY MOVIES I WILL BE SURE TO QUOTE THE MOST CLICHE LINE IN IT BECAUSE I'M HIP LIKE THAT AND SPEAKING OF WHICH DOES ANYONE HAVE A SPARE I NEEDS KTHXBYE FART ROFL."

You're a funny guy, Alex.

[TKMJ Productions]

[blah blah blah] Without a 501-c3 status they can't take donations as payment. They must also be registered with the state government to conduct business in Cali. They post a Cali address. This stuff can go criminal.

Yet their CONTACT information is from Washington. And ANYONE can "take" donations as a payment. The operative word is take. They just can't offer the person "donating" a tax-writeoff. Although, it appears he has some kind of group/foundation set up to donate to.

Bugging the LA County DA about "a fake address that someone posted on a website that no one goes to" is just LUDICROUS. It seriously only exists in Hollywood - you know - that place half a block northwest of LA. Although I'd expect *nothing* less from you than to further waste the time of law enforcement and/or dollars that the rest of us Americans are paying...

"OMG SOMEONE WITH AN OBAMA STICKER JUST CUT ME OFF ON THE FREEWAY AND THEY WERE DRIVING A LITTLE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT AND NOW I'M GOING TO WRITE A GOOD OL' FASHION LETTER TO THE WASHINGTON D.C. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH I WAS DRIVING AROUND IN BUTTCRACK, WYOMING AND I'M NOT GONNA MAIL IT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'D THROW IT STRAIGHT INTO THE GARBAGE CAN BUT I'MA GO SHOVE IT IN THEIR FACE AND YELL AND DANCE AROUND AND THEN I'MA RECORD THEIR RESPONSE ONTO A MINI-CASSETTE AND HAVE THE MISSUS TRANSCRIBE IT AND THEN COME POST IT HERE SO _CF CAN EXPLAIN IT TO ME AND THEN I WILL MAKE A FART JOKE AND POST A ROFL SMILEY AND MAYBE EVEN THUMBS-UP GUY IF I STILL HAVE ANY ENERGY AND IT ISN'T TIME FOR POTTY THEN I WILL REMINISCE AND GRIPE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND IF I QUOTE ANY MOVIES I WILL BE SURE TO QUOTE THE MOST CLICHE LINE IN IT BECAUSE I'M HIP LIKE THAT AND SPEAKING OF WHICH DOES ANYONE HAVE A SPARE I NEEDS KTHXBYE FART ROFL."

Hey CF! Do what you feel. Knock yourself out. Don't let nothin but fear and common sense hold you back. What mic are you going to use to track that fart? You going to close mic it, right? Watch the low end. Something may just roll off.

[MASSIVE Mastering]

Sent the DMCA notices to Google, Terapad & the a--hole. I'm sure it'll help a lot [/sarcasm] but I'm willing to give it a shot.

Anyway -

Sure - I'd love to hear if anyone can actually get in touch with the guy about doing a sample or what not... Just to see if he'll actually return a call at all.

It'd be awesome to mention something about sending in a reel of 1/2" if you get him on the phone...

[gregwar]

[TKMJ Productions]

Oops! Someone mis-spelled the sign. Hopefully they got a big discount from the sign maker. Then again, the sign maker may have given the customer exactly what he ordered.