• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

My Sceneries at Simviation and FlyAway Simulations

Dimus

Dimus

SOH-CM-2025
Last weekend a friend pointed me to a post at Fly Away Simulations site showing that they have uploaded my Locher Scenery, something that was done without my permission. Even though I do not include distribution restrictions in my readme, still I expected to be notified before something like this happened. Furthermore, the site includes a "Premium" option and paying members can download faster, which does not go well with the freeware nature of the scenery package.

I contacted them and they were very quick in responding. I was pleased that they offered to remove the "premium" option from the link and also remove any contact details to avoid support requests. Although the first move of uploading without asking was annoying, the response was totally OK for me, and have no objection for them to host the file.

However, I was also informed that Simviation has links for not only one, but four of my sceneries since August. They also have a paying option so the situation is similar. I contacted their generic address webmaster@simviation.com but I had no response yet.

Does anyone have any other contact details that I could use?
 
Problem

I have uploaded to different websites as a thanks for all the freeware they have supplied to me. IMHO if a site allows unlimited free downloads with no penalty but asks for membership donations to help pay for the bandwidth.
 
tgycgijoes said:
I have uploaded to different websites as a thanks for all the freeware they have supplied to me. IMHO if a site allows unlimited free downloads with no penalty but asks for membership donations to help pay for the bandwidth.
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It's one thing for one to choose to upload to a site (like I did here and at Avsim) and another for a site to get it from one of these and upload it on their own without asking anyone. It gets worse when that site is charging for faster downloads. Both SOH and Avsim accept voluntary donations for bandwidth and have the same speed for everyone, not charging for faster speeds.

I would appreciate pointers on how to contact Simviation staff.
 
Thank you Frank! Apparently Peter’s email bounced back for some reason. I will try the forum.
 
I've found a few of my things at flyaway despite not uploading anything there nor even downloading anything from there. It really irritates me that they feel like the can upload it there without any permission...in my mind it's theft since they are taking what isn't theirs and redistributing it.
 
Finally got a reply from Pete at Simviation that they have removed the files. Case closed. Thanks for the help!
 
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