These threads appear to be copied straight from the SDMB (minus any SDMB references)! These are only the first four I stumbled across, and there are many more. Do we have a thread thief on our hands, trying to cash in on the SDMBs popularity, or am I missing something?
I have sent the admin of the site an email asking him about this and the spamming, I will post the results as they happen.
I opened up a thread you didn’t have on there, and I pretty much went, “I’ve read this one before on the SDMB… WTF?!?” I hope something comes of your email.
Yep, you’re right. At first I thought it might just be people posting the same OP at two sites. But the metatus threads are usually several days older than the SDMB ones. And the OP never checks back in at the copies. The cell phone one in particular: the SDMB version was posted on 6/26. On 6/27 the OP reposted to thank the responders, and was satisfied. The identical metatus thread was posted 6/29.
But is it really such a good idea for a bunch of us to e-mail them? Board wars can get ugly. I think I’ll wait until a mod or admin chimes in with an opinion.
Hmmm, this is interesting…one of their members (as opposed to the “guests” who posted the stolen OPs) is UncleAl, who has been trying to shake up the world of physics in GD as UncleAl0 for the past few weeks. Coincidence? Hmmm…
Please do NOT go over there and raise hell; you may be righteous but that makes US look bad.
I have referred this situation up the pipeline.
Remember, this is why the Reader has attorneys. They spend a great deal of their time combating this sort of infringement and I’m sure it’s nothing new, just more of the same damn thing.
