Read the news post over a Pixeldam

I am sure that Barry (PD's owner/admin) will get this sorted out soon enough, but I thought you should all know as well.

Note Jal's comment on that page 'bout how none of his stuff got ripped.

I think he's insulted :D

I think that's because his things didn't fit their 'real life' theme. Which is a good thing. It's so dumb, i can't believe some people would actually bother to do this, and think they can get away with it. GRR! I say, i say.

That sucks. they have an email address you can send hate mail too tho. 

this is hotlinked off that site that ripped pixeldam:
morons forgot to edit what they stole

Sorry for the double post, but i felt this needed its own:

(11:59:48) Planet Of Internet . Com logged in.
(12:00:19) Ensellitis: hey
(12:00:26) Planet Of Internet . Com: hello
(12:00:42) Ensellitis: i was wonderin how much it costs to buy signs
(12:00:58) Planet Of Internet . Com: do you mean billboard ?
(12:01:18) Ensellitis: ya
(12:01:27) Planet Of Internet . Com: 4 dollars a month
(12:01:37) Ensellitis: thats it! wow thats cheap
(12:01:42) Ensellitis: how many hits does it get
(12:02:03) Planet Of Internet . Com: more than 1200...
(12:02:12) Planet Of Internet . Com: unique
(12:02:22) Ensellitis: a day?
(12:02:30) Planet Of Internet . Com: yes
(12:02:46) Planet Of Internet . Com: www.iwebtool.com/www.planetofinternet.com
(12:02:52) Ensellitis: wow thats great
(12:04:23) Ensellitis: so why would you steal this art from one of the most well known pixel art collaboration sites with thousands of loyal fans and not expect to get caught? then why would you forget to edit the ones you stole and atleast remove the PixelDam name from it?
(12:05:02) Planet Of Internet . Com: we didn't stole these thing from there
(12:05:04) Planet Of Internet . Com: we have CD
(12:05:12) Planet Of Internet . Com: why nobody belive us then ?
(12:05:40) Planet Of Internet . Com: we created this project related to this CD
(12:05:57) Ensellitis: please explain this then: http://www.planetofinternet.com/images/blocks/building40.gif
(12:06:30) Ensellitis: it is there, on your server, along with many other projects still bearing the pixeldam name
(12:06:50) Planet Of Internet . Com: I tell you that we all graphics add from CD
(12:07:05) Planet Of Internet . Com: we newly heard about that site... But we purchased this cd from Turkey
(12:07:32) Planet Of Internet . Com: we paid 400 dollars to this CD for purchase
(12:07:47) Planet Of Internet . Com: how could we know about that web site ?
(12:08:03) Planet Of Internet . Com: do you know the clip arts ?
(12:08:09) Planet Of Internet . Com: CD ?
(12:08:22) Planet Of Internet . Com: everybody can use these clip arts on their web sites
(12:08:23) Ensellitis: what is the name of this cd? who made it?
(12:08:41) Ensellitis: NO THEY CANT. those are original copyrighted materials
(12:09:22) Planet Of Internet . Com: So, I think someone , i'm not sure take all of these things from pixel dam site or designers artists websites and make a cd... So we purchased it
(12:09:45) Planet Of Internet . Com: if we know, this is from that site why should we get it from there
(12:09:54) Planet Of Internet . Com: do you think we are so crazy for that ?
(12:10:13) Ensellitis: no they didn't. i know them personally. you are not allowed to use them, in any way, shape, or form. period.
(12:10:15) Planet Of Internet . Com: also, I'm not the owner of this web site
(12:10:39) Planet Of Internet . Com: I asked you do you know the clip art cd's ?
(12:11:08) Ensellitis: i know of clipart CD's, and i know of thiefs who rip off hard working artists
(12:11:20) Ensellitis: that would be you, incase you aren't smart enough to realize
(12:11:52) Planet Of Internet . Com: I told you that we didn't get these thinks from pixeldam
(12:12:21) Ensellitis: but they are FROM pixeldam. the "cd" you got had stolen goods on them
(12:13:03) Planet Of Internet . Com: so we need to find the person who made the cd then. we created a project. a lot of advertiser give us advertisement. they paid us. from now on what can we do ?
(12:13:47) Ensellitis: you dont seem to realize that, those works were stolen, and you are using them. everything on pixeldam holds a legal international copy right, and you are using them for commercial reasons. YOU are responsible. the community is raising legal funds now, so if i were you, i would remove them ASAP
(12:13:48) Planet Of Internet . Com: also this site is start to work about 6 months before ?
(12:14:22) Ensellitis: pixeldam has been around for years. i personally know people who have made some of the stolen art
(12:14:55) Planet Of Internet . Com: can you tell me how can we remove them
(12:14:56) Planet Of Internet . Com: ??
(12:15:07) Planet Of Internet . Com: don't you listen me... we have alot advertisers...
(12:15:44) Ensellitis: I dont care how many advertisers you have, you think they will continue once they find out thier ads are on stolen property?
(12:16:00) Ensellitis: delete them, that will remove them
(12:16:05) Planet Of Internet . Com: but listen... we didn't stole them ?
(12:16:42) Planet Of Internet . Com: and can you tell me... is it the same project like pixeldam ?
(12:16:55) Ensellitis: YOU have them, THEY were stolen, THEY are on YOUR site. posession is 9/10 of the law
(12:17:31) Ensellitis: Ok, listen to me very very carefully, i am only saying this once then blocking you...
(12:19:59) Ensellitis: You are using stolen property to advertise, your advertisers will sue you once they find out. You are using copyrighted material. The FBI has already been notified. And you are lieing, i have already talked to a friend and you are giving two stories. The artists you stole from are getting ready to get a lawyer and prosecute you using internation treaties. You better talk to whom ever OWNS that site and have them remove that work ASAP, or else.
(12:21:29) Planet Of Internet . Com: so else what ?
(12:22:01) Ensellitis: Fine, i'll wave at you while your standing in front of the judge. Bye

I think you should get some haxxors to DOS his site

It must be.. that's a load of crap.. they must know now that the stuff is ripped and not doing anything about it.

Edit : Have you even noticed that some of the buildings will not even handel adverts?


Edited by Skull

Damn, I hope they recieve a massive fine, a criminal record, and that Pixeldam are paid damages.

I hope that page gets hacked in a most terrorizing way!

Dude.
Read the dates. This topic is almost three weeks old.

It is?
Wow, those guys are tough.

The site uses a php page which has forms on it, here, if anyone wants to do some injecting etc.

Edited by Lawrence - 24 August 2006 at 12:06pm

Thought I'd bring the latest news on this.

It seems that Planet of Internet has changed ownership and management.
An unknown company called Pixoftware LTD sent us several emails to cease accusing them of copyrights violation.

From: Planet Of Internet Info Team [mailto:info@planetofinternet.com]
Sent: maandag 27 november 2006 11:08
To: mayor@pixeldam.net
Subject: Hello, About Planet Of Internet


Hello,

We want to inform you that, our all advertisers advertisement contracts finished.

Please check planet of internet web site. We removed your all buildings, all images.

We want to inform you, you can now remove us from your website.

Also, you need to write to everywhere where you send about us before. As you see we removed your images. Please clean Planet Of Internet domain name.

Thanks And Regards
Planet Of Internet
Pixoftware

Today we received this email demanding we delete all forum postings and articles about the unlawfull acts of the site's previous owner.

From: Planet Of Internet [mailto:planetofinternet@gmail.com]
Sent: zaterdag 16 december 2006 2:30
To: barry@x-panded.com
Subject: Urgent (Planet Of Internet)


Hello;

We saw that you still didn't delete this post:

http://www.x-panded.com/pixeldam/cityaffair.asp?aid=23

Please delete it as quickly as possible.

Then write these forums that we do not brake your Copyright stuation.

Here are the some links:

http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5184

http://www.webia.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19&sid=f0fe21a2e0b2a635aeae61d2b52e8512

http://internetvibes.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3297

THIS PROJECT IS NOW PURCHASED BY PIXOFTWARE LTD.

Thanks for your cooperation.
Pixoftware Ltd.

In our response I wrote:

Hello anonymous,

We will not delete any posts. The fact that the website had stolen ALL it's images from our community is a fact and we will not change history. It happened and we will not deny it. I suggest that you post a reply on those forums stating that it was an unfortunate situation by the previous owners and that you would never commit such a violation. What I shall do for you to 'clean your name' is write an article on PixelDam that it is under new management and that you promise to not violate any copyrights in the future.

Good day to you sir.

Barry Rijkse
PixelDam Administrator

[update 16.dec.06]
We have a response:

2006/12/16, Planet Of Internet planetofinternet@gmail.com:
Hello;

As you see now, the planet of internet web site is clean. We removed
your all images. Because we don't need them. Our Isometric Pixel Art
Department create all images.

There isn't any illegal situation from our part. But if you do not
remove (delete or change) that post, you will create an illegal
situation. This is not our problem what happened in last time.

Is there any copyright violation now? The answer is exactly: NO

So if you want to create illegal situation, Do Not Delete, Change Or
Remove that post.

We will not send you any e-mail again. This is our last Warning.

Planet Of Internet is absolutely clean right now. So remove, delete,
change that post immediately.

Thanks And Regards.
Pixoftware Ltd.

And my reply to this 'last warning'

2006/12/16, PixelDam pixeldam@gmail.com:

Hello anonymous,

I feel silly having to exlpain this to you, but the specific post you are referring to is 'archived'. That means it is old news. There are no active nor current accusations from us that you are violating copyrights. Thus, there is no illegal situation on our behalf so stop whining about it.

If you read the 'active' news on our home page http://www.pixeldam.net/ you will see a new post about your current situation and this conversation. But, alas, since you are all wound up about it, I will take the trouble to update the archived post, denounce the violation accusation and refer to the new article.

Best of wishes,

Barry Rijkse
PixelDam Administrator