NoOp wrote: > On 02/28/2009 02:20 AM, Mike Dawe wrote: >> I was searching for (other than but related to) OOo links when I came >> across this page > [snips] >> I don't know if you're aware of the amount of uninformed people that >> have been posting to this list over the past few weeks and mentioning >> having to register OOo... I think this is typical of what is going on, >> and there are enough unaware folks who just have not got a clue, have >> heard about OOo, want to try it - but the 1st place they end up at >> (using a search engine) is at really dodgy links like the above. Because >> it looks legit, they follow through, pay some money and wonder why is >> doesn't work. This is such a bad thing. >> >> After posting this to the list, I will lodge a complaint with Version >> Tracker. I hope that, if you read this and feel as outraged, you will do >> the same. >> > > Not a whole lot that can be done about it... notice at the bottom of the > page: > ==== > To become a Affiliate click here > > This website that no affiliation whatsoever with the owner of this > software program, and provides only a link to the software program. if > you are a member of fileguru.net and need support please contact us and > not the software owner > > Copyright 2007. all rights reserved > ==== > > So that part is quite legal and they are not impersonating OOo. > But of course it is part of an entire "business model" to dupe people > into paying to download software that they can download for free. Click > on the "To become a Affiliate click here" take you to the signup sight > (all under the ClickBank.com/Keynetics Inc.): > > http://www.clubaffiliate.net/ > [another GoDaddy hidden Domains by Proxy so GoDaddy is the actual owner > of the domain name & therefore legally responsible]. > > Click on page #3: > http://www.clubaffiliate.net/index.php?x=30 > and there you will see how you can "earn 75% per sale] for selling a > link to OpenOffice.org. > > Now the above might be somewhat OK if these guys actually provided > product support and their own servers to host the downloads. But I can > pretty much guarantee that they don't host any of it, and instead use > OOo's volunteered, free, limited resources, mirrors to link the > "customer" to. This includes state university servers in the US where it > is illegal to make money off of software or services provided on those > servers without written consent. > > Anyway, the archives for this list are chock full of threads like this.
Wasn't there a method where online users joined their efforts to create links to a web page, on various forums and their own web pages, which they wanted to be the first on google hits? One could make a web page that is short and sweet explaining about these importers and make it way more popular than the above sneaky website. Problem solve (?) -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
