Author Topic: my thread has been pinched!!! (Read 7237 times)

wheeltapper · « **on:** November 10, 2011, 07:58:07 AM »

Hi
I just looked on photobucket to see my stats and noticed that the pic of my engine has been viewed on a site called "tech-domain.com".

so I looked on there and my complete build post, pics and all, has been put on there by some cheeky chump who looks like he's trying to make out he built it.

heres a link, its in chinese so you'll have to translate.http://tech-domain.com/thread-40018-1-1.html

bloody cheek!

a very annoyed Roy.

PTsideshow · « **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2011, 08:25:21 AM »

That is to bad but, as it has been said before, If you put it on the web it is far game for thieves and other low life's.
not much that can be done either. I have had photo's stolen and used in a book with no credit. It was published in The EU and the publisher said that, with the published books it was all ready out of the bag. But showing them the original post and dated thread they assured me that if it went to another printing it would remove it ( which is unlikely).

Brass_Machine · « **Reply #2 on:** November 10, 2011, 09:06:30 AM »

Hmmm. Can you register on the site? It doesn't seem to be working for me. Maybe let the owner know or post in the "builders" thread?

Unfortunately, PT is right. Not much can be done without a large financial cost.

Brass_Machine · « **Reply #3 on:** November 10, 2011, 09:14:22 AM »

Finally got the site to load. Looks like it is in Chinese.

I have had a few of my posts, pictures (even the rules of this site for awhile were on another site) appear in other places as well. I know the feeling.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Still doesn't feel good to be flattered that way...

wheeltapper · « **Reply #4 on:** November 10, 2011, 09:47:17 AM »

Its not the pictures so much, its how he used the entire thing to make out he made it, thats what really gets me.

Roy.

Brass_Machine · « **Reply #5 on:** November 10, 2011, 09:53:33 AM »

Quote from: wheeltapper on November 10, 2011, 09:47:17 AM

Its not the pictures so much, its how he used the entire thing to make out he made it, thats what really gets me.

Roy.

Yup. The site keeps timing out for me. I am trying to register so I can post on that thread

wheeltapper · « **Reply #6 on:** November 10, 2011, 10:50:26 AM »

Update on this.
I posted the build of this engine on 3 forums and I wasn't sure which one had been copied. I now know, because of a question I asked someone, and the idiot who copied it didn't delete it, the post was copied from HMEM, home model engine machinist.

Roy.

John Stevenson · « **Reply #7 on:** November 10, 2011, 10:57:22 AM »

Roy, just done a bit of searching and evn though he's hijacked your thread he's also linked to your photbucket pictures.

The first one on his site pulls this picture up.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm72/wheeltapper_2008/4strokeengine.jpg

so edit that post and put this one up instead.

http://thatwoman.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/two-finger-salute.jpg

You will have to edit the pics on the other sites so that they get the right / new pictures.

John S.

Brass_Machine · « **Reply #8 on:** November 10, 2011, 11:17:58 AM »

Awesome idea John!

wheeltapper · « **Reply #9 on:** November 10, 2011, 11:48:01 AM »

John
I tagged all my pics but I could only change the first one he posted, he must have reprinted the others.
however
go and look at it now

Roy

Stilldrillin · « **Reply #10 on:** November 10, 2011, 12:20:39 PM »

Quote from: wheeltapper on November 10, 2011, 11:48:01 AM

John
I tagged all my pics but I could only change the first one he posted, he must have reprinted the others.
however
go and look at it now
Roy

Very nicely Moddered Roy!

As we say around here, "Nar gu"!

David D

Pete. · « **Reply #11 on:** November 10, 2011, 01:27:07 PM »

Quote from: wheeltapper on November 10, 2011, 11:48:01 AM

John
I tagged all my pics but I could only change the first one he posted, he must have reprinted the others.
however
go and look at it now
Roy

Haha cool but you should have put a link to the original.

andyf · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2011, 01:55:31 PM »

Nice one, Roy!

Something odd about that site, though. When I went to admire your handiwork, the usual
"To display characters correctly you need to instal the following
language pack : Chinese [Instal] [Cancel]"
window appeared. As I can't read Chinese, I went for cancel but couldn't get rid of the window, and I couldn't scroll down his site or indeed do anything else. In the end, I had to restart my computer. If that is happening to others, he won't get many customers. Good.

Andy

wheeltapper · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2011, 02:06:58 PM »

I'm running Firefox with the Google toolbar and that has a translate button built in.
it translated automatically.

Roy.

sbwhart · « **Reply #14 on:** November 11, 2011, 04:25:33 AM »

Quote

The only thing about joining that forum to post a reply is you give them your e-mail address to register so open yourself up to a whole load of spam if its all a bit dodgy.

Looks like you are not the only one, this looks like Stew Harts engine
http://tech-domain.com/viewthread.php?tid=40065&extra=&page=1

The bastards have done it on me, how to you fix the photobucket pic so it flags it up as a scam.

Stew

wheeltapper · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2011, 05:11:01 AM »

I answered you over on HMEM.

cheers
Roy

Swarfing · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2011, 04:42:32 PM »

Guys you may have this wrong (i could be also)? After translating a few of the threads on that site it looks like they are collecting information from various sites and country's of builds to be admired. i think the guys was in awe of what you did rather than trying to pass it off as his own?

wheeltapper · « **Reply #17 on:** November 12, 2011, 04:58:27 PM »

That still doesn't give them the right to rehost MY pictures with their own watermark on them.

Roy

AndyB · « **Reply #18 on:** November 12, 2011, 05:47:56 PM »

That is not rehosting! He has lifted it as his own!

Roy, even I don't think that Norfolk boys would have "Come on, let me kiss your mouth" as a signature line on an engineering forum! (Them Norwichers are a rum lot!)

Andy

andyf · « **Reply #19 on:** November 12, 2011, 07:36:49 PM »

To prevent Cinese plagiarists, maybe we should all include this link in our posts:

Andyf

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