I couldn't be happier to see Future publishing take down this vile parasite. http://bit.ly/mFXTDv
Anybody who followed the case of Mobigame vs. Langdell will agree with this.
It’s really worth a read.
(via Instapaper)
But honestly Monica, the web is considered “public domain” and you should be happy we just didn’t “lift” your whole article and put someone else’s name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio.
This is the editor of Cooks Source magazine replying to a complaint that they stole a recipe from a website and printed it without permission. The excuses herein are remarkably similar to what I was told by the administrators of a website specializing in cracked iOS games - you should be grateful for the exposure, piracy is common so it’s no big deal, we’re providing a service. What else is a thief going to say to your face, eh? (via mrgan)
The shamelessness is astounding. I wonder what they’d do if somebody reprinted parts of their book without giving them credit.
So, a random google search showed that The Incident is available, fully cracked and unlocked, from a pirate website that asks its visitors for donations to keep cracking iOS games. Finding this just a bit too funny, I visited their IRC channel.
After this exchange, a moderator listed off the usual excuses in reply and accused me of “suing little kids” and “ruining my own app.” I hope at least someone in the channel thought about the actual real people behind the apps they care about so much that they crack them, frequent a website that cracks them, and furthermore spend Saturday afternoon chatting about it.
What really enrages me, is that this person is asking for donations.
