gamesas.com ripping off our forums!

Post » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:44 pm

Not sure if anyone else is aware of this... but this website is essentially copying popular forum threads from here, generating new names for posters, and deriving click-through revenue off other people's contributions. They are also ripping off the Nexus sites and re-posting people's mods without permission.

All of my mods are up there. I also see they don't always post them as the mod author, or get permission.

For example, I recently posted this thread about using TranslateTo to move a platform:

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1383367-getting-collisions-to-move-with-translateto/page__hl__translateto

Their website gave me a new name and avatar and basically re-posted it word for word.

http://www.gamesas.com/getting-collisions-move-with-translateto-t260961.html

I believe these action constitute a violation of copyright under US law and I will be filing a formal take-down request. I encourage everyone else who's words are being misrepresented and who's modding work is being posted or stolen to do the same.
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Crystal Birch
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:51 am

There's no harm here.

Oh, and they don't violate US copyright law, for the record. Forums are considered Fair Use. In addition, you have no claims on mods, either.

So please, settle down and ignore it. Not the first time this has happened and won't be the last.
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Samantha Jane Adams
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:02 pm

This has been going on for years. It was a different forum name before, but it's the same thing. Bethesda was contacted about it a long time ago.
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Grace Francis
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:33 am

Those bas-erm I mean swits.
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Milad Hajipour
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:55 am

This thread pops up every 2 weeks or so. Nearly as popular as the girl threads.
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Kill Bill
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:02 am

It's just a fake site used for tricking people into registering so it can steal their details. You'll notice all the other posts are identical to the ones in your thread, and it's probably the same for the other topics.

Bethesda will take it down, don't worry.

EDIT: Didn't they take the other ones down?
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Nicole Elocin
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:04 am

Wow that's actually pretty funny..
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Sabrina Schwarz
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:02 am

This thread pops up every 2 weeks or so. Nearly as popular as the girl threads.

Girl threads? I wasn't aware threads had genders.
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Danielle Brown
 
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Post » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:17 pm

I'd like to complain that they're using the wrong avatar for my posts. I'd like them to use the correct avatar so I can do them for copyright. And then Bethesda will do me for copyright because it's using their assets.

Bugger.
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Tom Flanagan
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:36 am

Girl threads? I wasn't aware threads had genders.

Lol !
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Michelle Chau
 
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Post » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:04 am

We have an active thread on the topic: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1332320-the-bsf-clone/
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Trevi
 
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