Comments on: Myspace: Set to Private http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/11/21/myspace-set-to-private/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:06:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Private Myspacehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/11/21/myspace-set-to-private/comment-page-1/#comment-126818 Private Myspace Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:26:02 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=2145#comment-126818 This is the only working Myspace private profile viewer that will actually display a private profile. Many others have claimed they can, but they don't have the required software to actually operate a private Myspace profile viewer. This is the only working Myspace private profile viewer that will actually display a private profile. Many others have claimed they can, but they don't have the required software to actually operate a private Myspace profile viewer.

]]> By: incassyadurdyVaRhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/11/21/myspace-set-to-private/comment-page-1/#comment-124103 incassyadurdyVaR Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:18:44 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=2145#comment-124103 reoholkhrjcixjwrwell, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how's life? hope it's introduce branch ;) reoholkhrjcixjwrwell, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch ;)

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/11/21/myspace-set-to-private/comment-page-1/#comment-123551 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:21:03 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=2145#comment-123551 I had thought that originally but, after reading about the PostSecret<br />incident, it appears that it IS Myspace doing it for TOS violations in<br />general. I'm seeing this set to private issue far too routinely for it<br />to be a handful of scared bloggers. I've seen it lately in well over<br />half of all cases involving Myspace.<br /><br />Though I definitely understand the theory, the evidence I have points<br />to Myspace. Sad, but true. I had thought that originally but, after reading about the PostSecret
incident, it appears that it IS Myspace doing it for TOS violations in
general. I'm seeing this set to private issue far too routinely for it
to be a handful of scared bloggers. I've seen it lately in well over
half of all cases involving Myspace.

Though I definitely understand the theory, the evidence I have points
to Myspace. Sad, but true.

]]> By: Alanhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/11/21/myspace-set-to-private/comment-page-1/#comment-123550 Alan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:12:02 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=2145#comment-123550 Do you know if it is MySpace that is marking the pages private? What is most likely is that MySpace removes the copyrighted material and sends a notice to the page owner, who might be surprised or shocked and decides to make it private. Do you know if it is MySpace that is marking the pages private? What is most likely is that MySpace removes the copyrighted material and sends a notice to the page owner, who might be surprised or shocked and decides to make it private.

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/11/21/myspace-set-to-private/comment-page-1/#comment-123529 Jonathan Bailey Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:12:10 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=2145#comment-123529 I agree that it's a worrying response and a bad move all around. Your<br />case actually illustrates the point perfectly. They copied a site, you<br />pointed it out and rather than removing it completely they password<br />protected it. You have no idea how many people have access to the<br />site, just that you don't.<br /><br />That's frustrating even if there is no longer an SEO concern to worry<br />about. Just because you and Google can not see the infringing material<br />does not mean that it can not do any harm.<br /><br />I am glad that your case was sort of resolved, but I can relate well<br />to your lingering doubts and frustrations. I hope you get a more<br />complete resolution soon... I agree that it's a worrying response and a bad move all around. Your
case actually illustrates the point perfectly. They copied a site, you
pointed it out and rather than removing it completely they password
protected it. You have no idea how many people have access to the
site, just that you don't.

That's frustrating even if there is no longer an SEO concern to worry
about. Just because you and Google can not see the infringing material
does not mean that it can not do any harm.

I am glad that your case was sort of resolved, but I can relate well
to your lingering doubts and frustrations. I hope you get a more
complete resolution soon…

]]> By: Steven Clarkhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/11/21/myspace-set-to-private/comment-page-1/#comment-123528 Steven Clark Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:58:04 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=2145#comment-123528 Being locked out is a worrying response. A similar experience several years ago... I had just released (within 24 hours) a client's website. An original design / layout with a very nice pallette - hand coded. So within that one day my stats showed that someone had linked to the client's site, only when I went there it was a quite famous american web standards web design business - they'd taken that layout / design and the only thing changed was THEIR copyright in the footer. My first response to the quite famous person who talks at conferences... and whom I otherwise respect. I sent an email politely asking for them to remove their copyright and could they please explain. Reply... a polite email that said sorry but we only wanted to lift the pallette. And the site was thereafter locked behind a username password. The frustrating thing about that is if I'd said nothing I could have watched it get pilfered then called them out on it publicly. As it was, I moved too fast as a reaction to the copyright they'd put on MY hard work. So, I agree totally. The mark as private setting is just a way of hiding the crime from you and depriving you of any chance to rectify or even prove the case. As in my circumstance, if the guy only wanted the pallette then why lift the whole work and put their copyright onto it. I was just lucky some dumb schmuck had left the link in the footer back to the client's real website by accident. It's a jungle... :) Being locked out is a worrying response. A similar experience several years ago… I had just released (within 24 hours) a client's website. An original design / layout with a very nice pallette – hand coded. So within that one day my stats showed that someone had linked to the client's site, only when I went there it was a quite famous american web standards web design business – they'd taken that layout / design and the only thing changed was THEIR copyright in the footer.

My first response to the quite famous person who talks at conferences… and whom I otherwise respect. I sent an email politely asking for them to remove their copyright and could they please explain.

Reply… a polite email that said sorry but we only wanted to lift the pallette. And the site was thereafter locked behind a username password.

The frustrating thing about that is if I'd said nothing I could have watched it get pilfered then called them out on it publicly. As it was, I moved too fast as a reaction to the copyright they'd put on MY hard work.

So, I agree totally. The mark as private setting is just a way of hiding the crime from you and depriving you of any chance to rectify or even prove the case. As in my circumstance, if the guy only wanted the pallette then why lift the whole work and put their copyright onto it. I was just lucky some dumb schmuck had left the link in the footer back to the client's real website by accident.

It's a jungle… :)

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