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Old 04 July 2003, 11:33   #1
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Oh, charming...

Nice auction on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...&category=8144

that uses the HOL DBS from here...

HOL Database (id=2589)

and gives credit to The Legacy! And the same jerk does this for a whole crapload of games...

http://cgi6.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sort=3&rows=25
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Old 04 July 2003, 11:59   #2
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I've emailed the seller to ask him to credit the HOL...
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Old 04 July 2003, 14:12   #3
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The guy replied and is very friendly - he's going to put links to the HOL in future...
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Old 04 July 2003, 14:28   #4
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Roll eyes (sarcastic) code ready

watermark, watermark, watermark
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Old 05 July 2003, 05:15   #5
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Re: code ready

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watermark, watermark, watermark
I hate to admit it, but this proposition sounds more plausible every time it is suggested. Hey, I am flexible!
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Old 05 July 2003, 05:30   #6
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Isn't it rediculous that you have to resort to inserting digital watermarks for all the hard work that you put into the HOL, just because somebody has to do something like this
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Old 05 July 2003, 09:41   #7
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Heh. I've bought something from this guy some time ago, he's a nice one I guess it's just that he always uses the same template for his ebay auctions, so he probably just forgot to change the credit now that he's started using HOL
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Old 21 July 2003, 19:45   #8
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Re: Oh, charming...

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and gives credit to The Legacy!
LOOOL ... (sorry)
That beats it!

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And the same jerk does this for a whole crapload of games...
Well, I'd be careful with 'jerk'. There *is* a plausible way to get screenshots without knowing their source: by Google image searcher.
You just type in the name (and maybe more) and get the screenshot. And you usually don't care about the source
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Old 21 July 2003, 19:52   #9
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Re: Re: Oh, charming...

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Well, I'd be careful with 'jerk'. There *is* a plausible way to get screenshots without knowing their source: by Google image searcher.
You just type in the name (and maybe more) and get the screenshot. And you usually don't care about the source
Well, there was a mention of a source!

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Screenshots stammen von www.TheLegacy.de - Der Online Spieledatenbank im Netz!
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Old 21 July 2003, 23:17   #10
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i would of asked permission before doing something like this...

...although it could be considered bad, there is some benefit to someone doing this.... it increases the visits from REAL amiga owners... a good thing

mindyou... you wont catch me selling Amiga stuff!!!
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Old 22 July 2003, 08:23   #11
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Re: Re: Oh, charming...

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Well, I'd be careful with 'jerk'. There *is* a plausible way to get screenshots without knowing their source: by Google image searcher.
You just type in the name (and maybe more) and get the screenshot. And you usually don't care about the source
Cody said what I was gonna say. Also, I don't know if this would work with HOL or not. I get hits for games I search on in Google a lot that refer to HOL, but they always take you to the home page.
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Old 22 July 2003, 18:42   #12
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Well you have two options. Watermark the images (RCK made many good sugegstions for this already) or quit the project if it bugs you this much.

The internet is like this, and these people don't give a fuck about whatever harm they do.
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Here here, this shit was to be expected in all honesty.
Just get over it.
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Old 22 July 2003, 21:45   #14
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please note that some web-users still send me mails to ask permission to use our pic (with credit).
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Old 23 July 2003, 17:29   #15
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I know some people do the right thing, but Joe Bloggs browsing the internet uses not to give a damn about this kind of stuff...
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