Hi Axel & everyone else interested in this topic, There was a discussion of these sites on [email protected] back in August 2008. I mentioned this very amusing article at the time: http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/08/16/the-software-awards-scam/
I think you will enjoy it :) I encourage you to bookmark to provide to others when they inevitably ask the same question. eric On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Axel Grude <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello ... > > I just got 2 emails from brothersoft.com about one of my extensions > (QuickPasswords) being hosted there and that I have an account there. I > didn't sign up with them, so I sent them an email using their online contact > form, asking them to either link to addons.mozilla.org or remove the > download. I got an email back that directed me to > http://author.brothersoft.com/ with a member log in: > > Member login > Welcome to use Pay-Per-Download (PPD) for your software promotion after > logging in. > > E-mail: > Password: > Become a member | Retrieve your password? > > > They seem to charge 0.02 $ in a so called "Pay Per Download" system. > > I don't really want to become a member with them in order to see what they > did to it, but I definitely did not ask them to list it (I never contacted > them). Did anybody else here have the same experience? Any idea on what to > do, or should I just let them do whatever they want? I'd prefer if people > downloaded QP over addons.mozilla.org, mainly because of the statistics > and donation links. > > thanks > Axel > > > -- > > ================================== > Axel Grude > Senior Software Developer > GenBase Solutions Ltd > Registered in Ireland, No. 317957 > Registered address: Parkmore Business Park West, Galway.www.genbase.ie > phone: 091 746 965 > ================================== > sig *: "A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on." > Sir Terry Pratchett > > * disclaimer: personal opinion, not my employer's > > > _______________________________________________ > Project_owners mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners > >
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