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What happens when you rip off a site but forget to host the JS yourself

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Re: What happens when you rip off a site but forget to host the JS yourself

#11

A little backstory: They stole my site (socketstudios.com) which showed up on my analytics as they for got to remove it. They also left the contolling javascript file on my server. I modified it to load images of dogs that have no idea what they are doing.

What's an active URL for your personal photo site?

Re: What happens when you rip off a site but forget to host the JS yourself

#12
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you try to contact them? (By them, I mean the site owner. I feel like this is a solo operation) On other notes, there's no stopping you from replacing the content of this area where you tell your own version of their description: (from site via Google Translate) "We have been working since 1999, incorporating technology and knowledge towards the design and communication, both institutional and business."

Where would the fun be in that?

You're actually quite nice about it when you can actually do a lot more damages.

Re: What happens when you rip off a site but forget to host the JS yourself

#14

A little backstory: They stole my site (socketstudios.com) which showed up on my analytics as they for got to remove it. They also left the contolling javascript file on my server. I modified it to load images of dogs that have no idea what they are doing.

What's an active URL for your personal photo site?

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Re: What happens when you rip off a site but forget to host the JS yourself

#15
Back in the late 90's when Cnet was really big, they embedded a video -- which was hosted on my server -- into one of their articles.

Without asking.

I found out because my hosting company called me and said I was about to get a huge bill. Bandwidth was super expensive back then and there was no YouTube for free video hosting.

I changed the file to a short clip of hardcore porn.

I know it was mean. But it was funny and somewhat satisfying.

Re: What happens when you rip off a site but forget to host the JS yourself

#18
post #10

How does one forget to host their own JS?

Copy & Paste any codes without understanding really burn people. Wasn't there a startup that got into trouble for doing the same thing? They later tried to play it off as "A/B" testing. Maybe this guy is A/B testing on how fast he can destroy his reputation by doing Copy & Paste of another site.

Re: What happens when you rip off a site but forget to host the JS yourself

#20

beautiful site. pretty amazing you did it only 500 lines of js.

haha, i'm not sure if that is sarcasm or not. i'm a designer that dabbles in code and that was my first attempt at JS. it works but i'm sure it is probably a disaster.
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