Customize.Ru - time to complain/act

Hosting 'our' skins without consent is a Copyright issue

Thursday, June 21, 2007 by Jafo | Discussion: Community

Skinners.....pop on over to....

http://www.best-skins.net/themes_windowblinds.html 

There you will find all manner of Windowblinds skins [just for starters - other skinnables are there, too].

It's not a 100% guarantee that ALL are there without consent...but highly likely at least MOST are.

The authors whose works are ripped [distributed without author's consent] include....[in no particular order, just going through the list] ->

Adni18

treetog

Mike Bryant

Tom and Dee

Martinsh

Daniel

Apocalypse_67

Cliff

'Unknown' <--- [yeah, good one]

Danillook  [sp] Spell checker

Mike Bryant [again]

Velvet_skin

JJ.Ying

Ian Black

Shawn Taylor

Martnish

Javier

The Skins Factory

Michael Branot [typo]

JJ.Ying [again]

.....and that's the first 4 pages....[there are 12]

To 'convince' Customize.Ru to remove any/all that have no consent to be there....or to convince the site's ISP to 'have something done about them and/or the site itself a wee bit of action/effort is needed.

Any author/skinner who has an issue with any of his/her works being on that site unlawfully needs to post here a link to each work that needs removal....

And...

To email the site ISP with a request and include the link needing to be removed.

The Email addy is.... [email protected]  [It's an US ISP]

If you post the links-of-issue here I'll also be emailing requests.

Each link will require an individual email.  I expect the resulting 'flood' will prompt some form of action....

Koop [Larry Kuperman] is Stardock's man-on-the-job in matters such as Warez/Property issues pertaining to Stardock.com, however this problem with the skins impacts directly on the skin authors themselves and hence is best handled by their direct IP owner. [Copyright holder].

Now, as with any issue pertaining to property rights management, by far the BEST course of action is to specifically be POLITE and cool-headed with any communications/requests.

So,

We ask only two things of you all here.....

1. Please don't flood this thread with comments of 'those bastards', etc., just leave it clear for the matter at hand, namely the reclaimation of OUR ownership/control of OUR property.....by the listing of names and links of people affected.

and

2.  Keep all communications civil.  {I have dealt professionally with various 'Authorities' for over 30 years.... Councils, Planners, Administrative Appeals Tribunals, all sorts of 'fun' Archie things.....and know for a fact that IRATE gets you nowhere....real fast.  [my fave letter closure is "I await your favourable reply"]....

 

This is all something the 'older' skinners will have already experienced from time to time.

Of course, if ANY of these skins are actually there WITH author's consent.....PLEASE, make note of that here too....

 

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PurrBall
Reply #61 Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:16 AM
Maybe that's why so many people are switching to Firefox

Bones2112
Reply #62 Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:52 AM
Looks like they're at it once again!    Some of the files are not listed, but many remain.


Hopefully Jafo and Koop can give these people a Knockout Punch!!!   

Jafo
Reply #63 Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:59 AM

We'll keep fighting the fight.....

Haven't hit my stride just yet.....no-one's called me a 'clusterfuck' .....[long story....think Devart....Winamp....Nullsoft....Spunkit...half a decade ago-or more]....


Jafo
Reply #64 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:27 AM

http://server.customize.ru/suspended.page/ 

Jafo crosses fingers.....


Philly0381
Reply #65 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:54 AM
Getting that message would appear that yourself and Koop have the attention of someone in charge of the site. Got my fingers crossed.   

ArileenDesign
Reply #66 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:17 PM
With all the good hard work you (all) done i hope they closed this one for the good

Jafo
Reply #67 Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:40 AM

Looks like they're back...but as far as I can see all the links to SD's software are legitimate ones now.

There's still the issue of skinners' WBs, etc being hosted without consent....copyright issue....

Not sure if it's a new ISP or just the old one thinking they [Custo] have now complied with their TOU.

If your works are still there...email the site's admin direct.


Z71
Reply #68 Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:10 PM
Done.
Thanks for the update, Jafo.

Z71
Reply #69 Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:47 AM
Never got this response before. Even though I said I was the owner of the skin.

---------------------
Hi,

Do you have any legal grounds documenting your claim ?

It also seems its just a .wba file, which is also available here:
http://www.skinbase.org/rate.php?skins=39141

Yours,

Marshall M
-------------------

???

Bones2112
Reply #70 Monday, July 30, 2007 7:43 AM
Looks like there is another site to deal with. I found this link that you can download the WB software, along with DX, OD plus, and IP, plus more from Stardock.

http://quickstyle.ru

Plus many themes from authors here.

http://quickstyle.ru/newstopic-13.html
http://quickstyle.ru/newstopic-12.html

I am not posting the direct links to the software, just wanted to bring this to your attention.

ArileenDesign
Reply #71 Monday, July 30, 2007 7:00 PM


From : Customize ru
Date : 07/30/07 04:23:08
to : Quentin94-website
Subject : Re: Help me out

Hello,

I placed this work much long ago...

At present I always indicate contact information. If I shall indicate them, possible leave this work? She claims attention in this connection I wanted to leave her(it) in collections.

P/s. sorry of mistakes.


2007/7/29, Quentin94-website :
Hi there,

I'm CUVELIER Quentin aka Quentin94 on Deviantart.com and wincustomize.com (and severals others sites too)
you've take an old work of mine to show it in desktopX gallery there the link:
http://customize.ru/themes_desktopx2.html
http://customize.ru/screens/desktopx/My_Vision_of_a_Vista_DXtheme.jpg

I WANT my work will be removed of your site after you'll received this mail. All my works is copyrighted.
I'm the only one who can decide where my works will be.
I await your favorable reply

Regards
Quentin94


Wonder if it's what i think... What do you think he want tell me?

eieio
Reply #72 Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:36 PM
Wonder if it's what i think... What do you think he want tell me?


Quentin:

It sounds as if he is offering to show you as the author of the skin if he can keep it on his site. It also seems your skin is getting a lot of attention (downloads)


ArileenDesign
Reply #73 Wednesday, August 1, 2007 4:52 AM

Quentin:

It sounds as if he is offering to show you as the author of the skin if he can keep it on his site. It also seems your skin is getting a lot of attention (downloads)


Thanks i'm sure now well i'll answer him

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