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> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:02:54 +0100 > From: rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [LUG] If you run vBulletin, or host customers who do ... > > Gordon Henderson wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > > >> Make sure you/they have valid licenses for it. > >> > >> It seems that a company called piratereports.com - who seems to have > >> just one agent all over Europe called Gheorghe Pantea are acting on > >> behalf of Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd and very aggressively pursuing > >> vBulletin sites, claiming they are in breach of copyright and > >> demanding the site be taken down immediately. > >> > >> Which I'm not sure they can do in this country legally anyway without a > >> court order, however... > >> > >> Googling for piratereports.com certainly pulls up a vast swathe of > >> hatred for them, even if they are legit. > > > > They are legit - confirmed by email from Jelsoft/vBulletin. > > > > So, FWIW: Since the "case" has now been "closed" by Howard G Spinks of > > piratereports.com himself, my client who is running VB and who does > > have a valid license for it will be shortly moving to something else > > and will never give Jelsoft/vBulletin another penny of their money. > > > > So thanks to piratereports screwing up, and being stupidly heavy-handed: > > > >>> I can find no record of this user holding a valid current > >>> site license for use at this location > >>> ... > >>> Please suspend/remove the GUI and files and prevent future abuse. > > > > Jelsoft loses the chance of any more revenue from that customer. > > That's a result as far as I'm concerned. > > > > If anyone ever ask me for a recommendation for a forum software > > package - well, guess what I'm not going to recommend, and I'll tell > > them why. > Too right, I'll keep that in mind too. Anyone know of any > alternatives? PHPBB for instance? > > Rob I quite like SMF (simple machine forums) http://www.simplemachines.org/. Austin > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. |
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