Simviation Forum - What's so bad about FSPlanet.com?

Jan 7^th, 2005 at 3:55pm

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I have seen many developers place notes in their work saying "NEVER UPLOAD TO FSPLANET.COM", and I was just wondering what's so bad about it.

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Reply #1 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 6:01pm

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Too the best of my knowledge it is because they offer downloads without permission from the developer, in other words steal Wink

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Reply #2 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 6:42pm

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more importantly they profit from files that they haven't asked permission to use.

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Reply #3 - Jan 8^th, 2005 at 2:47am

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Ferdy who runs FSPirate is a thief!
He not only illegally offers files without the developers permission on his site, but you have to pay to download from it, and he sells CDs of the stuff he has taken as well.
Avoid FSPirate!!!

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #4 - Jan 8^th, 2005 at 5:24am

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Oh yeah did I mention he sells "freeware" Wink

I didn't say nothing because I couldn't remember if he was the guy Wink

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Reply #5 - Jan 8^th, 2005 at 9:42am

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Ferdy who runs FSPirate is a thief!

and many respectable sim site on the web have tried to join together and "boycott" hi site. He really has little respect from the flight simming community!!

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Reply #6 - Jan 9^th, 2005 at 9:55am

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Somebody should litigate him then.

The developers have copyrights.

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Reply #7 - Mar 16^th, 2005 at 3:22pm

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I hate people like that.

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Reply #8 - Mar 16^th, 2005 at 4:23pm

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same here i'll never ever use FSPlanet again period!

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Reply #9 - Mar 17^th, 2005 at 12:28pm

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As a developer, I'm going so far as to customize versions of my new projects for each of the upload sites that will get them. Slight differences...but enough for me to know the origin of the files in question.

There will be no support of any sort for people who cannot demonstrate that the version was downloaded from an approved site.

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Reply #10 - Apr 5^th, 2005 at 2:19pm

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As a developer, I'm going so far as to customize versions of my new projects for each of the upload sites that will get them. Slight differences...but enough for me to know the origin of the files in question.

There will be no support of any sort for people who cannot demonstrate that the version was downloaded from an approved site.

I've got an idea...I could make users regester (for free) and tell me where they got it. The activation codes would be different for different sites, so they'd have to be truthful.

I could keep known copyright abusers from finding out the codes, and if they somehow found out, if they posted the code on their website, it would give rise to criminal prosecution.

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Reply #11 - Apr 6^th, 2005 at 4:08am

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...mmm...I take it then that I am not in a minority when I say that FS Planet stinks?..............commoner Grin

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Reply #12 - Apr 14^th, 2005 at 8:25pm

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How does he get their work, does he go to other sites and steal it..or do they give him their work?..which he profits from?

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Reply #13 - Apr 15^th, 2005 at 1:19am

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He steals it! He has been banned and blocked from nearly all other FS sites, so he has taken to asking people to ask others to upload files onto his site in return for a reward. A real low-life

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #14 - Apr 15^th, 2005 at 5:34am

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& MS recently added him to their Community sites page after removing simviation ..... (& why did they do that ?? Cry

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http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/community.asp

Says it all about MS FS webmaster & all ...... Roll Eyes

I've tried writing about 5 times .... to no avail .... Anyone who wishes to tell them just how wrong they are ...

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Reply #15 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 1:17pm

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AND, for some reason, lately i haven't been able to download anything. Always comes up with 'page cannot be displayed'

-HF

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Reply #16 - May 7^th, 2005 at 10:51pm

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I've tried writing about 5 times .... to no avail .... Anyone who wishes to tell them just how wrong they are ...

Well Pete, I sent them a letter which probably won't do anything-but I tried anyway. I'll have to see if they respond to it (I'll probably get some kind of a form letter Roll Eyes

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Reply #17 - May 8^th, 2005 at 1:00am

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Cool! An e-mail address!

Let me get through finals this coming week and I'll gladly write up a very nice little letter.. Wink

Let me know if there is anyone else.. Wink

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