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Pirates bring down ORBX

PurpleBubble said:
The concrete evidence of Mr. Fergusson's presence on these forums was given to you with the links to the flightsim.com forum thread. You only have to look at the screenshots therein and compare the content. You don't need to be a genius in TCPIP, just look at the similarities in the text.

Bottom line is, that the ringleader of the biggest FS warez site of the us and the World is a member of these forums and nothing is being done about it. On the flightsim.com forums he even admits all of this.

You can call me dumb but I don't get it...
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You have an IP?
maybe lessee another pirate Papa B
same initials as you
you realy want me to just ban people
just because they could be
sorry i need proof if you do not like that
Just do not come here
similarities are not proof
H
 
PurpleBubble said:
Bottom line is, that the ringleader of the biggest FS warez site of the us and the World is a member of these forums and nothing is being done about it. On the flightsim.com forums he even admits all of this.

You can call me dumb but I don't get it...
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PurpleBubble you are not dumb and I can see your passion but there is not enough evidence here to draw the conclusion that Person X on Flightsim.com is Person Y on the Sim-Outhouse. Even if the main admins of both the Sim-Outhouse and Flightsim.com got together to compare notes on the IPs that each of those users has been using it would still be dangerous ground to tread.

The Sim-Outhouse is made up of volunteers and not ready to lose their own possessions in a lawsuit that might come from someone being banned because they were assumed to be the admitted Pirate at another site. Somebody mentioned slander which can cost us our FS Forum.

I am sure alot of people know this but for those who don't...

You can not just ban an IP address it serves no purpose.

Most users on the Internet have what is called a dynamic IP which means it changes. Some times on a schedule some times because of inactivity.

If you ban the IP address a day later a legitimate member may have that IP. (yes i know they would have to be in the same subnet).

With out help from the ISP who owns the IP address you can not even use an IP as a reference point to say this person here is also this person over here. They would have to dredge up their logs that show who had what IP when and that would take a court order. They are not just going to give it up that would be a liability to them.

Henry's stance is correct with out real proof (an admission from the member on this site makes it easier) there is not much you can do.


As for the ORBX outage well I like JayKae's answer and its good enough for me.

Carry on

 
Henry said:
You have an IP?
maybe lessee another pirate Papa B
same initials as you
you realy want me to just ban people
just because they could be
sorry i need proof if you do not like that
Just do not come here
similarities are not proof
H
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Hey I am papab-
Henry-Why are you using my sign on with the word "priate"????

I am not never have been
Just a FSX user.....

Please explain yourself!!!!!!!

Rick
 
olaf1924 said:
This thread is starting to leave a bad taste in my mouth. :isadizzy:
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You're not the only one, mate.

Especially considering that fighting piracy is like a hydra. Small successes, but no difference in the big picture.
Piracy is something that comes with the benefits of the world wide web like the double vision that comes with your fifteenth beer.
 
Bjoern

Off topic, in regards to your banner, I designed the logo for MAX (Mountain Air Xpress) in 1995. Originally launched by Western Pacific Airlines and Ed Beauvais :) Great memories!

Tim
 
papab said:
Hey I am papab-
Henry-Why are you using my sign on with the word "priate"????

I am not never have been
Just a FSX user.....

Please explain yourself!!!!!!!

Rick
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not your sign
but there is one with your name
thats my whole point
if i thought it was you you would not be here
anyone can use a name
lots of names are the same but they are different people
thats what i said about witch hunting
im not going on a witch hunt
actually i forgot that your name was registered here
or i would not have used it
H
 
Mr. Henry,

I'm glad that people like you run these servers... if it were left up to half of the others, we would definitely have another inquisition; with many innocent persons been burnt at the IP stake.:kilroy:

Punish the NON-repentant repeat offenders, Show Mercy to the ones who own up, and let the innocent go free! :wavey:
 
I dont wish any body harm , but give these bast***s a dose of what I have,so they can think about other things for a while .....
what do I have ??? I didnt go bald for fun .:a1451:
 
Hi,
I can understand some of the posters concerns about "legitimate customers" missing out by John's black out protest, I think those that are loyal to him and his business will understand what he has done.

Piracy needs to stop, and if 24hrs protest can bring it to others attention again, then all the better. Now to get it so its easier to stamp out through the government.
 
timest said:
Off topic, in regards to your banner, I designed the logo for MAX (Mountain Air Xpress) in 1995. Originally launched by Western Pacific Airlines and Ed Beauvais :) Great memories!
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One of the nicest liveries the 328 can (could) sport. Next to the US Airways livery a hot candidate for a "back then" livery included in the release of my 328 (ETA: 12/22/2012 *Chuckle*).

But they went bankrupt, didn't they?
 
Well, in this way piracy will never stop because nobody has the b*lls to do anything about it.

We can just as well stop whining about it then and start grieving after all the devs go bankcrupt...
 
JayKae said:
This is one of my favourite sayings of my grandfather (I know he got it from someone but I cannot remember who):
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Fr. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and theologian, written while imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp.

He was also a participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, a founding member of the Confessing Church. His involvement in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler resulted in his arrest in April 1943 and his subsequent execution by hanging in April 1945, shortly before the war's end. His view of Christianity's role in the secular world has become very influential.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
 
Dangerousdave26 said:
Somebody mentioned slander which can cost us our FS Forum.
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The term is "libel" not "slander." Slander is spoken, something which one rarely encounters in a written forum... :ernae:

Aside from which there's no real danger. There's a very good reason why libel torts are referred to as "one's decade in court," since they tend to advance through the court system several orders of magnitude slower than glaciers... :pop4:
 
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