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Has Irkos Been Stolen....?

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:26 am
by Prince Imdol
I am wondering if this site
http://www.freewebs.com/ikros is one of Anthony's sites, or a stealer. Ulmarads name is now Harris, and they changed some names, but you can tell it is either Sava's site, or somebody else who stole Irkos.
I think this is most likely a site made by Anthony, but if so, why would he change all of the names. Was this an older site?



P.I

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:57 am
by JoshWedin
It does seem rather odd, but I'm not making a judgment until Anthony tells us what's up.

Josh

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:00 am
by Prince Imdol
I must say, some of the illustrations are quite nice.

I am guessing Anthony made it a while ago, and changed some of the names deeper into the story.


P.I

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:06 am
by natepc
My guess: It is a copy. On the bottoms of the pages, it is dated 2006. Most of the pages on Anthony's site were dated 2002ish.

Nate

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:05 am
by Prince Imdol
I agree, and if the guy copywrited this, isn't that illegal. Anthony copywrited it a long time ago. So this guy could be fined, right?


P.I

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:25 am
by SavaTheAggie
This is not my website, and I'd appreciate any help from the community to get it taken offline.

--Tony

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:39 am
by Pumpkinetics
I'd send him an email, but there are no contact details on the page. Looks like he made it, then abandoned it.

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:40 am
by DARKspawn
Well there is certainly nothing "Helpful, Peaceful, Respectful" about that is there?

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:54 am
by Prince Imdol
DARKspawn wrote:Well there is certainly nothing "Helpful, Peaceful, Respectful" about that is there?
I think he was refering to Ikros, which would be true, unless you were one of the council.

I will see if I can contact Freewebs.com. I would know how I felt if my story was stolen, so I will try to help as much as possible.


P.I

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:13 pm
by SavaTheAggie
There's a contact form for Freewebs that is for reporting abuses to their TOS including, but not limited to, copyright violations. I sent in a report last night but I encourage anyone who wishes to do so to do the same.

--Tony

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:15 pm
by Athos
How bizarre...

Steve

Man

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:46 pm
by Prince Imdol
People think they can get away with these type things, but sooner or later, somebody is bound to find out about it.


P.I

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:46 pm
by Tower of Iron Will
I just hope he/she/it hasn't tried this with other LEGO fan sites. I guess this whatever didn't realize that our community tries to protect our own.
I hope we don't see this "it" again. LEGO is too good for it.
-Tower

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:59 am
by venvorskar
This is terrible! I don't know how anyone could think that they could get away with something like this.

I noticed that this doesn't seem to be Lego at all, and over half the pages aren't finished. If this was started in 2006, I think that whoever it is is not going to complete it.

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:55 am
by JoshWedin
I got on freewebs and filled out their complaint form too. So I guess we just wait and see what happens.

Josh