Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
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- Cartollomew
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There's a new "competitor" to our business. They probably won't be around for long.
But they decided to cut a few corners - they've decided to host their site on a free provider, rather than host it themselves (not a good look for a hosting company).
They also decided that it'd be faster to build their site by using some images from an existing site. Ours.
Here's what their site looked like:
And here's our site.
You may notice some similarities to the images on ours.
Why? Not only were they stealing our images, they were hotlinking them... loading the images directly from our site, using our bandwidth!
Naturally, we couldn't have that... so we quietly changed our images.
Check out their site now. Looks pretty good, dontcha think?
And just in case they try to fix it, here's a screenshot:
Somebody's learned a valuable lesson!
But they decided to cut a few corners - they've decided to host their site on a free provider, rather than host it themselves (not a good look for a hosting company).
They also decided that it'd be faster to build their site by using some images from an existing site. Ours.
Here's what their site looked like:
And here's our site.
You may notice some similarities to the images on ours.
Why? Not only were they stealing our images, they were hotlinking them... loading the images directly from our site, using our bandwidth!
Naturally, we couldn't have that... so we quietly changed our images.
Check out their site now. Looks pretty good, dontcha think?
And just in case they try to fix it, here's a screenshot:
Somebody's learned a valuable lesson!
Who do you think you are? If you'd stopped winning, you could have been the Biggest Loser, if you gave up, you could have been a Survivor, if you'd stopped reading Orwell, you could have been on Big Brother!
Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
lol Cart... you go girlfriend!
Juke a DK/Warrior, Die Anyway ._.
Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
This is hilarious, have they made contact with you yet?
Well played Cart
Well played Cart
Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
Love your work Cart.
Having an abundance of platonic relationships reminiscent of my man, Mike Plato.
All that's left is a beautiful hour
And it's ours, ours.
The pale blue dot.
All that's left is a beautiful hour
And it's ours, ours.
The pale blue dot.
Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
+9000 internets to you sir!
its almost as good as those hacked gaming servers, ahhh a good lol to the day is always appreciated.
gooooo Cart!
its almost as good as those hacked gaming servers, ahhh a good lol to the day is always appreciated.
gooooo Cart!
P.s. I<3Dr. Emmett Brown wrote: If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.
Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
That's fucking epic
Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
Good work Cart, awesome, haha.
They're now on imageshack... Shows how good their hosting is... ummm...?
They're now on imageshack... Shows how good their hosting is... ummm...?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ soak rifts or riot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Cartollomew
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Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
We've spoken to imageshack, so the images should get toasted before long.midi wrote:Good work Cart, awesome, haha.
They're now on imageshack... Shows how good their hosting is... ummm...?
They keep changing their layout too
Will send them a cease and desist tomorrow. Clowns.
Who do you think you are? If you'd stopped winning, you could have been the Biggest Loser, if you gave up, you could have been a Survivor, if you'd stopped reading Orwell, you could have been on Big Brother!
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Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
Cartollomew has achieved a new title!
Cartollomew
<Winrar of the interwebz>
Cartollomew
<Winrar of the interwebz>
8?Mews wrote:No Rico, it's a rhetorical question.
Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
Wow, their site looks utterly shit now!
- Cartollomew
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Yeh, looks like they changed it twice.Xact wrote:Wow, their site looks utterly shit now!
I guess they still haven't figured out why imageshack removed their infringing images.
So much stupid.
Who do you think you are? If you'd stopped winning, you could have been the Biggest Loser, if you gave up, you could have been a Survivor, if you'd stopped reading Orwell, you could have been on Big Brother!
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It's like they're rotating through the templates of their web host or something.
I feel sorry for anyone that takes them seriously.
I feel sorry for anyone that takes them seriously.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ soak rifts or riot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Cartollomew
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Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
Update:
We found out they stole a whole tonne of copy from a UK game host, so we did the polite thing and let UK Game know.
We found out they stole a whole tonne of copy from a UK game host, so we did the polite thing and let UK Game know.
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At least they took the time to switch "UK" to "AUS"... /sighUKGame.com wrote: Incredible Servers
Our servers are all 8-core or 32-core very high end machines with at least 1333 MHz FSB speeds! This puts our machines at the top end of server performance.
Performance Networking
Every server is connected via Gigabit Ethernet directly into a Cisco powered core London network with extensive peering across Europe and 10 Gigabit networking! This is serious capability for a good reason.
Game Control Panel
Our control panel is fully feature packed and seriously powerful, giving you complete control of your services and never needing worry about downtime.
Crazy Pricing
Bulk buying, owning our own hardware and a healthy budget means we always offer competitive UK prices!
Who do you think you are? If you'd stopped winning, you could have been the Biggest Loser, if you gave up, you could have been a Survivor, if you'd stopped reading Orwell, you could have been on Big Brother!
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Just call them scammers and be done with it
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ soak rifts or riot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Cartollomew
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Re: Don't hotlink images from us. Or suffer.
These guys really don't learn
http://ausevolution.qupis.com/
http://games.ausevolution.qupis.com/
Note that almost every image on that site is hotlinked from different sites.
So, okay, they do learn. Just not the right lesson.
http://ausevolution.qupis.com/
http://games.ausevolution.qupis.com/
Note that almost every image on that site is hotlinked from different sites.
So, okay, they do learn. Just not the right lesson.
Who do you think you are? If you'd stopped winning, you could have been the Biggest Loser, if you gave up, you could have been a Survivor, if you'd stopped reading Orwell, you could have been on Big Brother!