Everyone please read this

[DJ_Rguez]

Okay, not often do I get emotionally involved in stuff that really does not concern me, but this needs to be shown to the world. I recently had an email exchange with the owner of http://webmasterbrain.com who wrote the PRoogle search engine that showed PR values next to all listings. Seems he is the victim of a very crooked and deceitful individual who runs checkpr.com This individual not only took his idea, but somehow got access the proogle source code and flat out stole it and is using it. At first I was not sure who had what first. Then David of webmasterbrain showed me this url: checkpr.com/demo/advanced.html (I purposely did not make it a link as I do not want to help these bastards.) Now I am sure it will be changed fast as hell, so I screencapped the incriminating page for posterity and my attorney who I am going to pay to help David out if he desires. The screencap is here: http://textlinkbrokerage.com/crooks.gif Now if you look at the pages title in the blue title bar of IE, it clearly shows Davids "Prog" name in the title from http://webmasterbrain.com/prog. There is no way David could have faked this on THEIR site. These checkpr guys are flat out crooks and should be eliminated. To that end I am offering David publicly my own help in making sure they go away fast. As most here know, I am an avid coder and make a good chunk of my living by coding, so when I see code theft for commercial gain it pisses me off to no bloody end. David, you have my support in this and you have my help. David, I would hope you reconsider selling your script. I can and will help you deal with these bastards.Hear hear..down with them con artists nuclei...Well done you for bringing this, and caring enough to help a friend in need!! Its a sad sad world we live in!!2advanced had the same kind of problem..and an ever so poor attempt at that!Heres wishing David well in the future! sounds pretty bad .but how do we protect source code from being plundered by these people?is ther a copyright for source code??yes, all intelluctual property has rights. you should contact his host, they'll probably kick him off.Thanks all for helping support David like this. A DMCA takedown notice has been sent to his host and their uplink too for good measure.Keeping Informed: After numerous emails back and forth with Greg, the owner of the checkpr sites using Davids scripts, it appears as if he realizes the problem, admits there is a problem, and was duped by a coder who made like he wrote the scripts himself. Either way I have notified him that the site must come down and damages to David are in order. As of this post the site is down.The situation has been amicably resolved fully, and Greg and David may even be doing some things together as each has qualities the other needs. So it may well be mutually beneficial for both of them. I always love seeing that happen when it does. Its been a good experience at any rate, and thats what counts. This topic is closed.closed it is.