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assassinezzio said:
It seems Mr Mohammed Faali is still at it, uploaded the alphasim v22 osprey for fsx to flightsim today. I could be wrong but im pretty sure that's also still a payware product. Messaged flightsim & Virtavia just to bring it to their attention.

Allen
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It is, just purchased a few months ago to get my Osprey fix in. Noticed it ready for download today.
 
At Phil's request I contacted Nels at Flightsim this morning.

Hi Nels,

There is a real issue with uploads from Mohammad Faali. His latest is the V-22 Osprey. This is the original Alphasim model still sold in Pilot Shop under Phil's new company name of Virtavia. There have been 200 downloads (one by myself to verify -- check the cab file and the cfg in the panel folder -- he removed all other references). That product is currently selling for $25. That's $5000 I believe or about $1500 out of your pocket, not to mention lost profit to Phil and the rest of us who are still a part of Alphasim/Virtavia .

I urge you to stop automatically accepting uploads from this guy.

Best regards,
Frank Safranek
- Alphasim/Virtavia
- Team SDB Scenery
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I just checked and the file has been taken down.
 
Blackbird686 said:
He did credit Pierre Marchadier (GMAX Academy) for the model in his posting of their Mirage 2000 over at Flight Sim, but that's about it. There was a lot more to that package than just the basic plane including multiple repaint skins, panel with gauges.... etc. I get angry when I read that someone has laid a claim to something that IS NOT THEIRS. We have nearly lost several good developers because of this...

BB686:US-flag:
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When Pierre and the GMAX Académy stopped making their aircraft available publicly following a lot of criticism of the FDE of their Mirage 2000 series they did agree, following a lot of pleading and assurances on my part, to make the Mirage 2000 series available from two sources: my website and the Virtual French Air Force website. I don't think it says that in any of the seven packages though.

The Rafale M from Bruno Mérelle (alias "Thor's Hammer" in the forums) is supposed to be available only via the Virtual French Air Force website. And the Rafale B/C from VPA was only supposed to be available from their website. That was one of their agreement points with Dassault. Both are over at Simviation but I've emailed Peter about it.
 
I was over at Simviation at around 11:00 MST this morning and I didn't see either the VPA or "Thors Hammer" Rafale packages, nor the GMAX Academy Mirage 2000. The admins must have yanked them from the library.

BB686:US-flag:
 
Naismith said:
Don't go there his webpage has a long running script which crashed my IE.
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Went there via Chrome...no issues.
Looks like a D.I.Y. [private] site where he 'hosts' work by others but upped by himself....IE no-one probably gave him permission to distribute.
Credit or not, that's copyright violation.

The appropriate DMCA is...


SAMPLE DMCA TAKE DOWN NOTICE
My name is INSERT NAME and I am the INSERT TITLE of INSERT COMPANY NAME. A website that your company hosts (according to WHOIS information) is infringing on at least one copyright owned by my company.
An article was copied onto your servers without permission. The original ARTICLE/PHOTO, to which we own the exclusive copyrights, can be found at:
PROVIDE WEBSITE URL
The unauthorized and infringing copy can be found at:
PROVIDE WEBSITE URL
This letter is official notification under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”), and I seek the removal of the aforementioned infringing material from your servers. I request that you immediately notify the infringer of this notice and inform them of their duty to remove the infringing material immediately, and notify them to cease any further posting of infringing material to your server in the future.
Please also be advised that law requires you, as a service provider, to remove or disable access to the infringing materials upon receiving this notice. Under US law a service provider, such as yourself, enjoys immunity from a copyright lawsuit provided that you act with deliberate speed to investigate and rectify ongoing copyright infringement. If service providers do not investigate and remove or disable the infringing material this immunity is lost. Therefore, in order for you to remain immune from a copyright infringement action you will need to investigate and ultimately remove or otherwise disable the infringing material from your servers with all due speed should the direct infringer, your client, not comply immediately.
I am providing this notice in good faith and with the reasonable belief that rights my company owns are being infringed. Under penalty of perjury I certify that the information contained in the notification is both true and accurate, and I have the authority to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright(s) involved.
Should you wish to discuss this with me please contact me directly.
Thank you.
/s/YOUR NAME
Address
City, State Zip
Phone
E-mail
 
mal998 said:
I sent this guy an email today requesting he cease and desist uploading things that do not belong to him. We'll see if it does any good.

Here is his website address: http://www.fsxaddons.com/contact/
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Mitch, Phil and I have discussed this in emails but the guy who has the fsxaddons website is not the guy uploading things. I don't understand how that assumption was made. He is just another site that blindly accepts uploads -- like flightsim.com, simviation.com, and others. So pounding on him is very misdirected. Following an email from mal998 and another from Phil however, he has removed all uploads from this Muhammad guy.
:ernaehrung004:
 
I have been in touch with flightsim.com and simviation about the problem. My last search showed no files on flightsim.com..
 
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