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leishi85
24 Apr 2005, 6:40am
looks like someone stole a picture from short-media

here is the link
http://www.motherdigital.info/archives/2005/04/xwoofer_persona.html
primesuspect
24 Apr 2005, 7:21am
Thanks, Lei! I'll make sure doug sees this :shakehead
Animal
24 Apr 2005, 2:46pm
what picture?
Jimborae
24 Apr 2005, 3:13pm
what picture?

Yeah, please enlighten the blind amoung us. :)
primesuspect
24 Apr 2005, 5:32pm
This:

http://www.motherdigital.info/images/page_images2/xwoofer1.jpg from the motherdigital site is remarkably similar to:

http://www.short-media.com/images/mm/Reviews/Hardware/Accessories/xwoofer/wear.jpg

which is from us.
primesuspect
24 Apr 2005, 5:35pm
Probably has something to do with this (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=x-woofer&btnG=Search)... The reviewer needed a picture, he typed "X-woofer" into google, and stole the pictures from the first site he/she saw :rolleyes: :p
profdlp
24 Apr 2005, 5:43pm
It doesn't make it right, but it's a measure of a site's standing in the world when people start ripping you off.

Nice to see that Google has noticed us - again. :thumbsup:
Jimborae
24 Apr 2005, 5:52pm
Ah I'm now enlightened, didn't see that review :D
mmonnin
24 Apr 2005, 6:01pm
I saw that ad well but it never came across that it was stolen. I did think it was pretty close to the colors MM uses for his reviews/articles.
primesuspect
24 Apr 2005, 6:30pm
that blue gradient diagonal background is a hallmark of mediaman. We use it for every single product we review.
KingFish
25 Apr 2005, 1:09am
/me thinks it's a good time to start watermarking pictures with Short-Media©
TheBaron
25 Apr 2005, 6:37am
or at least adding something at the end of all the articles that says "not for public use"

it may be there already, if it is kick his ass :D
leishi85
26 Apr 2005, 1:59am
glad i could of help
MediaMan
28 Apr 2005, 8:11pm
/me thinks it's a good time to start watermarking pictures with Short-Media©

We are now doing that. Also...I took it up with the admin of Motherdigital and he's pulled the article. He says that he got it from another "techportal" didn't say which one...yeah right.
profdlp
28 Apr 2005, 8:21pm
I didn't steal it, it just followed me home. Can I keep him, Ma?
Nomad
2 May 2005, 4:54am
Why didn't we upload gayporn over the old image and rename the one we were using?
primesuspect
2 May 2005, 1:49pm
Because they weren't hotlinking it. they just grabbed it and used it.