Rick Brewster Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I sent this to the hosting provider, I'm writing to inform you of a copyright violation on one of the sites that you are hosting, according to a WHOIS query: http://www.mikes-games.com/ . In particular, the site located at http://www.mikes-games.com/paint/ is a counterfeit version of the Paint.NET software ( http://www.getpaint.net ) which I own the copyright to. He is bundling several plugins with his "Sharp Paint" software that were written by other people which he most certainly does not have the permission to distribute.I am also e-mailing Michael J. Hardy separately about this issue, who is listed as the author on these pages. If you have any other questions, please contact me at paint.net@hotmail.com . Thanks, Rick Brewster And this directly to Michael J. Hardy, Hello Michael J. Hardy,I contacted you before regarding the "Visual Paint (MVP)" software. I now see that you are publishing something called "Sharp Paint" that very similar. I'm sending you this e-mail to ask you to immediately cease distribution of "Sharp Paint" which is at http://www.mikes-games.com/paint/ . Hopefully this e-mail is all it will take to accomplish this. If I don't hear back from you, I will check the website at noon PST time, January 20th 2007, and I will hope to see it gone. If that is the case then I will consider this issue to be resolved. The justification for this request is exactly the same as it was with the previous e-mail regarding "Visual Paint (MVP)": You are infringing on my copyright (and the copyright of all the other authors) on Paint.NET, which is available at http://www.getpaint.net . The MIT License which Paint.NET is distributed under grants the freedom to do many things, but "Sharp Paint" is outside of those permitted freedoms. For instance: * You may not use the Paint.NET icon. Permission to use this icon was permitted exclusively to myself by Dozi on deviantArt.com, and this permission does not follow the source code. * You may not claim that you wrote the software, which you do on the website ("Sharp-Paint Was Developed By Mysterious Michael ...", http://www.mikes-games.com/paint/About.html). * You may not remove or change the Paint.NET copyright, nor may you replace the licensing terms. * You may not copy the text from the Paint.NET website, http://www.getpaint.net , which you have done on at least the Features (http://www.mikes-games.com/paint/Features.html) and System Requirements (http://www.mikes-games.com/paint/System.html) pages. The Paint.NET website contents are NOT released under the MIT License and may not be copied in this manner. * Also, you have bundled many plugins which were originally made available on the Paint.NET forum by individual authors and which are covered by their own copyrights and licenses. You absolutely do not have permission to redistribute these. Like I said, hopefully this e-mail is all it will take to get this done and we can therefore resolve this immediately. I have also e-mailed your website hosting provider to inform them of this copyright infringement. I have BCC'd several of the other authors of Paint.NET on this e-mail so that they are informed of this as well. Regards, -Rick Brewster Lead Developer and Owner of Paint.NET We'll see what happens next. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Domain Name: MIKES-GAMES.COMRegistrar: IN2NET NETWORK, INC. Whois Server: whois.in2net.com Referral URL: http://www.in2net.com Name Server: DNS5.DOTEASY.COM Name Server: DNS6.DOTEASY.COM Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 25-dec-2006 Creation Date: 25-dec-2006 Expiration Date: 25-dec-2007 Registrant: MicroWorks c/o Free Private Reg P.O. Box 81024 Burnaby, BC V5H 4K2 CA Domain name: MIKES-GAMES.COM Administrative Contact: Hardy, Sher mikes-games.com@freeprivateregistration.com P.O. Box 81024 Burnaby, BC V5H 4K2 CA 852-3594-1708 Technical Contact: Hostmaster, Domain hostmaster@doteasy.com Suite 210 - 3602 Gilmore Way Burnaby, BC V5G 4W9 CA (604) 434-4307 Fax: (604) 608-6832 Registrar of Record: In2net Network Inc. Record last updated on 25-Dec-2006. Record expires on 25-Dec-2007. Record created on 25-Dec-2006. Domain servers in listed order: DNS5.DOTEASY.COM 65.61.198.13 DNS6.DOTEASY.COM 65.61.199.13 Domain status: clientTransferProhibited clientUpdateProhibited Cool! Edited by Rick: Really bad/dumb question removed "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 usedHONDA, don't ask for that kind of stuff. Why would BoltBait possibly have that information? Why would YOU want it? I've edited your post to remove the question. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 @Rick: Looks like that guy got pwned! also@Rick: I was joking. Maybe I should add something like "**IN A SARCASTIC VOICE**" tags in between those type of posts. I used to do them in other forums, and I also used them a couple of times here. "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Ok then please just put something like a "haha" or "lol just joking". A sarcastic tone just can't be easily communicated on the web without such delineation. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Looks like your email worked. The site is down. Edit: My mistake. The whole site isn't down, just the page referring to Sharp-Paint. - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Yup, the Sharp Paint stuff has been removed. it has been removed, sorry once again...all pages have also been removed... Case closed. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire010 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I have a feeling this won't be the last time we hear about him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Yeah, I'd check on this in about a week (or a month). He'll probably turn it back on when this "blows over". Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I think he'll just rename it and put it back online. Maybe he'll be Mysterious Hardy "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Anyway, this is over, so I'm locking the topic to drain attention away from it. Locked The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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