# The content pirates are back. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585 "2002-12-23T20:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/1 "2002-12-23T20:24:44Z")
Yep, [Metatus](http://www.metatus.com/) is back up. Haven’t seen any indications if their bot is working but maybe I’m not looking hard enough. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/2 "2002-12-23T20:29:01Z")
Is that some sort of bizzaro SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/3 "2002-12-23T20:41:13Z")
It has been discussed [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132916) in case you aren’t aware of the situation. Do not go over there and cause trouble. Better yet, don’t go over there at all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/4 "2002-12-23T21:43:24Z")
Thanks, **Joey**. I was going to link to that thread but the hamsters said they couldn’t find anything contaning “metatus”. I was also going to add a warning but I couldn’t come up with anything good. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/5 "2002-12-23T21:52:37Z")
Eh. don’t bother. They don’t have any LOTR threads. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/6 "2002-12-23T21:54:33Z")
I thought this was going to be about easy-going Pirates of the Caribbean. BTW, did someone report this to our friendly administration? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/7 "2002-12-23T21:56:50Z")
I’ve forwarded the information to Ed Zotti and the folks at the Chicago Reader. Until we see some of our content posted over there, there’s nothing to be done. And thanks for the alert, Jeff. 'Preciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/8 "2002-12-23T22:08:38Z")
Hey **UncleBeer** , when you say there’s nothing to be done until some of the content is posted over there, do you mean content from Cecil’s columns, etc.? Because I think the thread linked above showed some specific threads that were copied over to there. Not that it matters much, I’m just curious! Oh… and thanks in advance for your valuable time in responding to my query! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/9 "2002-12-23T23:50:50Z")
**Realhoops** , check the dates in the linked thread. The deal was, that site was stealing our thread content as of this past August. I forget what the resolution was, but IIRC it involved thugs and kneecaps and them stopping stealing our stuff. I could be wrong about some of that. Also, I think the thread in question has all that info. So the issue now is they’re back, but they haven’t stolen any (of _our_) stuff (yet). So for now we just wait and see. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/10 "2002-12-24T13:26:34Z")
Yup. That’s correct, **White Lightning**. ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/11 "2002-12-24T15:06:38Z")
Interesting stuff… ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-content-pirates-are-back/144585/12 "2002-12-24T15:28:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmileyDeath \* > \*\*Interesting stuff… \*\* Even more interesting now that you added this little ditty. One can read without posting.