codes from other sites

[Sharkbyte]

Hey I just found a site that is not affiliated with geckocodes.org or here at wiird forums that had some of my codes posted.  http://www.acgtop.net/bbs/archiver/tid-17549.html  Anyone else know of this site? It is weird that I found another site with my codes posted from a site not affilated with wiird forums.

[James0x57]

It's just people sharing the codes in Chinese. *shrugs* As long as they're not removing credit you should be glad to see your work spreading across the globe. :3

[matt123337]

I just googled myself.....
http://www.google.ca/search?q=matt123337&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Yes the runescape stuff is me.... did it so I could have some fun learning java :P

[James0x57]

Very nice! =)


..wait did you mean to put that in this thread? lol

[matt123337]

lol no, I was going to start a "Google Yourself" Thread, just I was really tired at the time :P

[James0x57]

I'll remove that link from your post when I get home from work and contact the hackers who made those codes.

[dcx2]

haha, it gets worse.  There's another web site that has an old copy of all the codes.  Here's RE4 codes...and there's a whole index listed at the top.

[spoiler]removed, email sent[/spoiler]

They're doing their readers a disservice.  They should just link straight to geckocodes.  Then their readers have the latest codes.

[James0x57]

gdi
Who actually takes the time to remove credit from codes? That's just bullsh*t.
Oh well. Anyone who actually uses codes likely isn't going to be using those crappy sites anyway.
It is irritating though. =|

[James0x57]

It seems like the site Sharkbyte linked to is legit. I sent an email to them so hopefully we'll get a reply.
The codes were given to them by the one dcx2 linked to so they were (probably) not directly at fault.

I'll post here if they reply.

If they don't, I'll send another email until they do.

[James0x57]

I have sent a much longer email to the other site that dcx2 linked to.


This would not be frustrating at all if they didn't blatantly remove credit. It would be /nice/ if they linked back to GeckoCodes but that's likely asking too much.  ::) =|

[Romaap]

It would be /nice/ if they linked back to GeckoCodes but that's likely asking too much.  ::) =|

No its not, they should give credit and link to GeckoCodes.

These kind of sites annoy the hell out of me, they practically live on our work.

They even make trainers (.gpf?) and make people pay for that.
So they are basically selling our codes.

[dcx2]

Selling our codes?

:mad: :mad: :mad:

Do we have *any* recourse?  Anything more ethical than hiring a botnet to DDOS their site?

EDIT: If our codes are considered copyrighted material, can we issue a DMCA takedown notice to their ISP?  Even if the codes aren't copyrighted, we can still try to issue the takedown.  Most ISPs shoot first and ask questions later.

[Romaap]

EDIT: If our codes are considered copyrighted material, can we issue a DMCA takedown notice to their ISP?  Even if the codes aren't copyrighted, we can still try to issue the takedown.  Most ISPs shoot first and ask questions later.

That was exactly what i was thinking :P


They're not really selling them, you just need to buy a premium account of some kind to view them.
At least that's what i found out after a quick look.

[James0x57]

I meant it would be nice if they did that in addition to leaving the credit on.


Yeah, it's bullshit.

Seeing this content theft with no credit, in this large of a number, is making me re-think adding a simple online form for quick mass-code-add to one's copy of Accio Hacks. I mean just a public version- for hackers it's definitely coming via admin.
Maybe the only "public" available mass-code-add for Accio Hacks will be via an offline USB Gecko transfer... In that case it would be very unlikely for one to add stolen crap.




@dcx2 This shit has happened since codes started. Codejunkies sold my codes on an individual, special edition Twilight Princess ActionReplay. =| It's sickening. My main priority in creating the database was making the codes clearly credited so people who copy-paste would be far less likely to post uncredited codes.. Clearly it doesn't always work.
I could email them and quote copyright and DMCA laws requesting they pull it down but if they know anything about code history, they may know that these codes *might* not be able to be copyrighted.
ASM codes though for sure I can send a copyright infringement notice to them. (or maybe the hacker would have to)

[James0x57]

True true.