An Idle Threat

..or should I have a cape, mask & pointy sword

[austtr]

It seems that my IP address was clocked as having peeked at the source code, whereupon it was automatically assumed that I must have been stealing something... so I get this email making all sorts of acusations and ending with the obligatory threat of a lawyer.

This bit stood out and I can't help but wonder exactly where the "listing" was made.

We Have Listed your Company as a High Priority Internet Copyright Invader and Coding Thief

Should I have posted this in Foo?

[ukgimp]

what a load of horse....

I am presuming you have not copied the code and used it as your own.

>>so I get this email making

How did they get your email from youir IP?

These sort of claims crack me up, thing like

"Oh no you dont, my code is protected!"

etc etc

Really, wow that script has made it so difficult for me, I will never crack that!

30 second later you have all the code.

As long as you have not copied their code or content and used it as your own their is no reason why you should not look at anyone code. Its a great way to learn.

Cheers

[NorthernStudio]

High Priority Internet Copyright Invader and Coding Thief

I'd ask them where this "listing" is made public as you intend to pursue a libel claim against them. Up to you whether your's is an idle threat if they have published such a list.

Wayne

[mack]

So, any idea how they got your email?

Accuse them of spamm, report them to spamm cop :)

Mack.

[austtr]

ukgimp..

Assumption correct. .. I don't plagarise, copy or steal the work of others. I do pretty simple, straight forward stuff and I get all the help I need right here!

mack...
a) my sites are well known and carry the email address.
b) He has already done a 30 day stint in the Google sin bin.

This saga has got me wondering. Is it possible to collect the IP address of viewers who "view source".... and if so,

Is it possible to record if they perform a CTRL C?

In effect, that seems to be what this guy is saying.

I'm not technically skilled enough to know if this is fact or fantasy. His site(s) run on his own servers, if that is a consideration

[mack]

I would reply with something like....

"I was a user, I could have been a customer now I will be neither. You had no right to contact me via email. What you sent me was no more than unsolicited junk email. How did you obtain my email address from my IP address?. This really has me worried and your comments would be greatly apreciated."

It might be the best way to find answers. be direct.

Mack.

[BjarneDM]

well, the browser *is* able to register some events, like onclick etc, and then possibly return this fact to the server.!BUT! there's no way at all that the browser/server can register which item in a popup-menu that has been selected.

Thus the claim is absolutely and totally unfounded in reality.

Sue for libel, or do something as nasty. I wouldn't stand up for that kind of S***!

[Key_Master]

austtr, I found a good tutorial on capturing keystrokes. I haven't tried it but the article mentions being able to detect control-c (part 5).

http*//archive.devx.com/dhtml/articles/nz012402/nz012402-1.asp

[edited by: engine at 5:42 pm (utc) on Sep. 18, 2003]
[edit reason] de-linked [/edit]

[stevenha]

This is an interesting topic, and I'm looking at it from the perspective of someone wishing to protect copyright code. But it seems to me that, to trace an IP back to a user, you'd probably need to lie to the ISP, with more than a little social engineering prowess, in order to get them to release the users name to you. If there are other ways, I'd like to know them.

[kevinpate]

Uh, I'd rest easy if I was you. The sole instance of either of these quotes: 'High Priority Internet Copyright Invader'
or 'Internet Copyright Invader' that is returned in the Big G serps is a link back to this very thread.
All I can add is simply ROTFLOL on the absurdity of it all.

[MonkeeSage]

You can capture Control-c w/o any browser sniffing, too...this works in IE6 / NN6 / Op7, because of the check for "e" (the event object), and the canceling of the event bubble (for IE).

 function detectKey(e) {
 if (!e) { e = window.event; } // sanity
 if ((e.keyCode==67) && (e.ctrlKey)) {
 // do something...
 alert("Control-c has been pressed!"); 
 }
 return false; // for IE
 }
 
 document.onkeyup = function(event) { detectKey(event); };

Jordan