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We do currently target reposts of the following content types: mods,
resource packs, maps, and modpacks. In addition, we target websites
providing malicious Minecraft content.
Why is mod theft a problem?
The feeling of finding your work on those websites. Just the feeling of finding your mods on those websites is extremely discouraging for many people. Lets say that you wrote a book. The day after, you see the book in a shop, with a big "9books" logo on the front page. You haven't even been notified. How would you feel? You then read the books ToS, and see that "9books" is claiming to own your book! This is extremely discouraging.
Outdated versions. When users find a bug, they then go to the mod author to report it. The problem is, that the bug was fixed 2 months ago! This is very annoying for both the author and the user.
Wrong Minecraft versions. Those websites are marking the mods as working with wrong Minecraft version. They do this to get more downloads. The user will then go to the mod author and complain.
Possible malware. Mods from those sites are untrustable, and may contain malware.
Making money of other peoples work. Those sites are placing other peoples mods behind AdFly links, and other ads, and are directly earning money on other peoples work!
Stealing money. When many people download from those sites instead of the official sites, the author loses revenue. Modders don't earn much from their mods, but small amounts of money can be a big motivation.
Stealing downloads. Maybe one of the most encouraging things about making mods, is seeing your mods getting lots of downloads. When many users download from those sites instead of the official sites, the author loses many of downloads from his/her server. This is extremely discouraging for the modder.
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the stealers shouldnt steal valuable maps, such as the Heist that relies on 3000+ command blocks and it'll just be illegaly copied, so your effort is wasted making the map,
sometimes, people,even the official modder have a human verification just to download their mod,but when youre finished, nothing happened, it saied choose another survey, this is a waste of times and also, instead of an adf.ly link, they like make you go to someone's website just to download, but still, nothing will happen,
I am currently developing a mod that has gotten rather popular. I have recently done some searching around online to see what kind of mod reviews people have made of my mod. Not surprisingly, I stumbled across some re-post websites. I wasn't too worried about the re-posts themselves; I was more interested in the comments because I wanted as much feedback for my mod as I could get. It wasn't really helpful when they were all comments saying things like "It's a shame that [feature that has already been added in a newer version] isn't in this mod."
I am currently developing a mod that has gotten rather popular. I have recently done some searching around online to see what kind of mod reviews people have made of my mod. Not surprisingly, I stumbled across some re-post websites. I wasn't too worried about the re-posts themselves; I was more interested in the comments because I wanted as much feedback for my mod as I could get. It wasn't really helpful when they were all comments saying things like "It's a shame that [feature that has already been added in a newer version] isn't in this mod."
We're not "not active anymore", it's just that there isn't really much to talk about anymore. I still check back pretty often though, just in case someone finds a new illegal site or something. ^^
Oh, and I was editing the json file when I realized coolsquid mixed up Redistribution and Monetization.
I'm honestly not too worried. Feel free to ignore me.
Thank you very much for your post. I will check a few sides.
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If I ever make mods, I'll make sure none of them are stolen, or whatever.
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Is this a resourcepack repost site? http://resourcepack.net
I think so. I have no clue though.
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I have done an investigation on wizardhax, heres my results....
It seems like that the website gets ALL of there money from advertising/adf.ly links.
Once you press the "download" button on there website, heres what it goes through.
1: It goes through 1-2 adf.ly links, nothing special.
2: It seems to redirect you to minecrafthackedclients dot com.... (It looks like another domain name of the same website)
3: This website has another "download" button that looks like this:
4: Once you click that button, it goes through 1-3 adf.ly's and a linkbucks link.
5: And finally, it redirects you to the authors website.
It looks like wizardhax is making money off adf.ly links and other ads, I dont see any malware (for now) since it redirects to the authors website.
Hm... checked on Gravity Gun and it seems to be redistributing it.
Which mod did you "download"?
I downloaded a hack client off that website.
can i get source code for the plugin? you don't need to give me source, i'm just wondering.
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Well we're dealing with mods, so... yeah.
https://code.varden.info/repo/StopModReposts/ It's over here
thanks!
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Well, it depends on where the website is hosted.
I'll help test the Sites with Virtualbox. Any Objections?
the stealers shouldnt steal valuable maps, such as the Heist that relies on 3000+ command blocks and it'll just be illegaly copied, so your effort is wasted making the map,
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sometimes, people,even the official modder have a human verification just to download their mod,but when youre finished, nothing happened, it saied choose another survey, this is a waste of times and also, instead of an adf.ly link, they like make you go to someone's website just to download, but still, nothing will happen,
I
I am currently developing a mod that has gotten rather popular. I have recently done some searching around online to see what kind of mod reviews people have made of my mod. Not surprisingly, I stumbled across some re-post websites. I wasn't too worried about the re-posts themselves; I was more interested in the comments because I wanted as much feedback for my mod as I could get. It wasn't really helpful when they were all comments saying things like "It's a shame that [feature that has already been added in a newer version] isn't in this mod."
Just curious, what mod is it?
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The World Tools mod.
Why is this thread not active anymore?
We're not "not active anymore", it's just that there isn't really much to talk about anymore. I still check back pretty often though, just in case someone finds a new illegal site or something. ^^
Oh, and I was editing the json file when I realized coolsquid mixed up Redistribution and Monetization.
If you use the json (anyone?), take note of this