An email to the ISP admins will surely cause more concern to the paraisitic web site owners.
Violation of copyrights is taken seriously due to the possibility of litigation. Just an idea to scare these typoe of people --- Damien Seguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Le vendredi, 8 aoû 2003, à 16:40 America/Montreal, > Gabor Hojtsy a écrit > : > > >> Is this site legal? manuelphp.com looks pretty > >> sketchy. I don't know French, but it seems to > >> be a French copy of the manual, and on the front > >> page is a "will work for money" form. > > > > Let's get doc-fr into the discussion too :) > > > > It does not seem to be legal, it has no athor and > editor information > > as far as I have seen. But it is also a very old > copy, from february. > > Yes, I know we have no new manuals built for a > long time, but still > > this is very old... But it seems to be a repost of > the special version > > of Damien... > > Yes to all of that. > It's an old version, it has been altered to fit this > web site design, > and some copyright info are > missing. In the same time, they are trying to sell > services from that > (like, we'll look a > function for you for 10 bucks...). > > It is pretty often that I see years olds > documentation, with people > explaining they are > the authors of it. Usually, those attempts don't > last, because PHP.net > is well known > for having a fresh version of the docs. secondly, > those guys do not > update the manual, > and the attempts usually stays behind.... no use > getting back there. > > This is not the only site. I think I may drop a note > to the webmaster, > but it will most probably > generate sarcastic remarks, or worse. > > Those sites are parasits for sure, but I believe > they never get impact. > Given the level of traffic they generate (google > says Nothing links to > manuelphp.com, > except ONE site), and the difficulty to have them > removed, I believe > the best > solution is to let it die. > > Dams. > > -- > PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- PHP Documentation Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
