I found the man who stole other's add-on
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frm
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Same here. I just said it's not right to go against your Privacy Policy as an "anti-hero" because it shows that you would mishandle PII if it suits your needs.
I'm all for a solution, but that crossed a line. I'm sure the pirater wouldn't pursue legal action, but it should make everyone weary of submitting anything personal to your website if you engage in that type of behavior.
The author did the right thing and removed the email, hopefully learning a lesson.
Unfortunately, we can't just give out the info to support a case, but the simple solution here would've been to update the privacy policy to something like, "We may use your personal information in the event that it could be used to support a legal case with or without a subpoena." Then, force everyone to agree to that. It's clear and cut that it would only ever be used for "discovery" without a subpoena, and if found to be used beyond those guidelines, be just as bad.
That said, I don't know if that's legal, so you'd need to run it by a lawyer to see if you could even do that.
Milen
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I was thinking of adding something similar to my License Agreement that the user agrees to before making a purchase. In other words, "By completing the purchase, you agree that if you violate any or all of the rules in this License Agreement, your data will be used to expose illegal activity."
frm
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I'm not a lawyer, but that's a little broad to open anyone's info up for exposure, as you explain no basis for how you determine how they broke the License Agreement. You would then, again, need proof that it was broken, and not just a whim. What if I purchased an add on and you thought I broke the agreement, what's the process that you would take prior to providing my information to anyone else? How would you investigate it? How would you determine 100%, without a certainty of a doubt, that I broke that agreement?I was thinking of adding something similar to my License Agreement that the user agrees to before making a purchase. In other words, "By completing the purchase, you agree that if you violate any or all of the rules in this License Agreement, your data will be used to expose illegal activity."
I don't have your license agreement to read to see what I would be agreeing to in the first place, but there are a couple of critical thinking questions posed for you to see if it could be legal, or put you in legal hot water, so to speak, if you act without hard evidence.
Milen
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I can send you a link to my License Agreement page if you want
But yes, you're right, and of course, such a point or clause would only come into effect after serious evidence, which in turn requires developing a method for establishing a violation beyond doubt. One possible option is to insert a hidden callback link( which users will be notified about they just won't know where it is) with the license in question for the add-on of the user who violated the license agreement, for example......
frm
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This would be best to see if they broke it and then you could immediately suspend/put them on a shame list. Then again, not a lawyer or legal advice. I think you would need to expand on it further to protect yourself more.One possible option is to insert a hidden callback link( which users will be notified about they just won't know where it is) with the license in question for the add-on of the user who violated the license agreement, for example......
Sad that an add on developer needs a license agreement the size of one for Microsoft Windows to act in accordance with the law, because to get that would cost thousands upon thousands of dollars (but protect yourself or your business in the event of a criminal [cause it could be libel by adding them to a list if they truly didn't break it]/civil suit).
Forsaken
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He was just agreeing with my post, as the thread in question a lot of the people jump through hoops on why it's reasonable for them to bypass copyright of resource providers.
And as far as strong emotions go... It's hard not to have strong emotions when your work is stolen. You either have to accept it, and do nothing to fight it, or you have to spend a lot of time, effort and mental/emotional energy to deal with. Even then, there is little that can be done without XF being involved, and even then, there are limitations to what even they can do.
Personally, piracy itself was not my biggest issue in the past, but the fact that I had to deal with chargebacks. Either they would chargeback themselves with fraudulent claims, or they would have made the purchases with stolen credit cards or Paypal/Stripe accounts.
Milen
Active member
Yes, it's a shame. But I don't want to do it either. I'll switch back to WordPress anyway, because the problem isn't just with piracy, but also with the index of pages in XenForo. I don't know why it's like that and I don't want to know, I've had enough of the disappointment and the killing of hopes for this year.
javakhir
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Well! they have been reported, but they create new user & buy again, just banning them not solves! The only way is to make a marketplace in XF admin panel, where user could install directly, but with several options that XF must handle & provide.
1. make addon installation via activation key, that could be used once!
2. make XF license based, check, validate, no one could download XF installation from customer panel, installation strictly paid & only by XF team.
3. accept all payments from all user's, they will need to pay tax for all purchases, which is extra hastle for XF team, especially in UK, but all these problems will be covered by money
4. The point is: XF can analyze & see which addon are most needed ones, convert them into core, to improve XF
1. make addon installation via activation key, that could be used once!
2. make XF license based, check, validate, no one could download XF installation from customer panel, installation strictly paid & only by XF team.
3. accept all payments from all user's, they will need to pay tax for all purchases, which is extra hastle for XF team, especially in UK, but all these problems will be covered by money
4. The point is: XF can analyze & see which addon are most needed ones, convert them into core, to improve XF
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@Thangvip9x why do you use my validation token and my domain name that I imprudently published on another forum to validate your access to snogg site? Do you find this correct and worthy of someone fundamentally honest?
CedricV
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@Thangvip9x You are in breach of rule 14: https://xenforo.com/community/help/terms/
You must immediately remove any third party resources (add-ons, styles, translations, graphics, etc.) you have posted on other sites, regardless whether they are free or not.
Actions such as this encourage piracy by allowing unlicensed users to download add-ons they would not normally have access to.
Restrictions have been applied to your account and will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
You must immediately remove any third party resources (add-ons, styles, translations, graphics, etc.) you have posted on other sites, regardless whether they are free or not.
Actions such as this encourage piracy by allowing unlicensed users to download add-ons they would not normally have access to.
Restrictions have been applied to your account and will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
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Ask @Ozzy47
Ozzy47
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Yes.
When was this? The last DM you sent I dealt with. But this user isnt one I recall seeing being informed of previously, unless I missed it.