Posted by cynann on March 06, 1998 at 13:08:13:
In Reply to: Discussion Topic 3: Avatar "Theft" posted by Devalin on February 28, 1998 at 11:25:50:
: What are your views on sites that take other peoples avatars and post
: them as their own, or setup a frames based site to steal your framed
: avatar pages inside their own site ?
: What action should the guild take against these sites ?
: Should the guild approach the site first or the individual who made
: the avatars ?
: Is the black list worthwhile ?
: Your views please
First it takes the traffic away from a smaller site if
someone like the avatar mall sets up using all our hard
work as the basis for their site.
Second oddly enough it tends to glut the av market with
the same type av rather then a wider range of choice.
Because.....they choice which of YOUR avs they want.
I really dont know what you can do Devlin. The only effective
action i can see is change the url to give them dead links but
many of you have so many people who have linked to your sites.
I was careful to keep my urls the same for that reason.
There must be some action taken. Shelion is right they cant be
allowed to get away with it.The thing is the guild blackballing
wont change it...need a way to notify vp users and ask that they use
the owner sites instead.
I see alot of mine and more then a few from other member sites being
recropped. Thing is mine still have my file name.gif on them...lol.
Some are not changed at all. I hope there is a way to stop them its
hard to see your work sitting on someone elses site. By the way thanks
for all you very hard work.....cyn