Bringing Down A Copycat Site 468
Nigel Cross wrote in with an interesting story from the world of software fraud. Cross writes "I found a copycat site fraudulently selling my own software and kept a record of the steps it took to bring him down."
Step One: (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, early respond! (Score:2, Funny)
> Dec. 24, 2005: I received an e-mail from
Now, how did you know that?
Har Har Har (Score:5, Funny)
Talk about the mysterious future!
Re:Step One: (Score:2, Funny)
/. it (Score:5, Funny)
Think about it... Just post a link to that site saying that it's a fake, and just watch as it takes a slashdotting.
Now THAT'S how a nerd kicks some butt!
Re:/. it (Score:5, Funny)
I Googled for "MailList King Pro", one of his products, and most of the hits were for serial numbers and cracks...
just use his own software against the copycat (Score:4, Funny)
well, sign the copycat loser up to every known source of spam in the universe, as befitting the skills of someone whose product is called "maillist king"
and then watch the copycat's server melt
That was... Anti-climatic (Score:5, Funny)
Wouldn't it be just terrible... (Score:3, Funny)
Godwin's Corrolary (Score:4, Funny)
Someone was just compared to SCO. Next thread!
Godwin's Corrolary? Oh... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Step One: (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot has more users than that, based on UsedID numbers
No one likely knows for sure, but I'd bet that up to 50% are dupes or abandoned accounts and Taco himself probably owns dozens - that's why all the good usernames are already taken. He's hoarding them for eBay sale in case he gets fired.