Comments on: Docstoc: making money off pirated documents http://jamisonjudd.com/2010/01/17/docstoc-making-money-off-pirated-documents/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:13:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Schmidt http://jamisonjudd.com/2010/01/17/docstoc-making-money-off-pirated-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-80 John Schmidt Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:37:22 +0000 http://jamisonjudd.com/?p=173#comment-80 I just found out the website domain registration expired a few days ago. Microsoft's free website was a good deal while it was lasted. Too bad they got rid of the service. A lot of students were finding the ole' web site useful. I just found out the website domain registration expired a few days ago. Microsoft’s free website was a good deal while it was lasted. Too bad they got rid of the service. A lot of students were finding the ole’ web site useful.

]]> By: John Schmidt http://jamisonjudd.com/2010/01/17/docstoc-making-money-off-pirated-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-79 John Schmidt Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:08:17 +0000 http://jamisonjudd.com/?p=173#comment-79 One of my kids created a web site several years ago that contains educational notes for high school and college students. The website is www.marysbridge.com. It was receiving a lot of traffic since its inception and all of a sudden, on Sept 17, 2010, the visitor traffic dropped to zero. When we tried to visit the web site tonight, a cryptic message about 403 Error FORBIDDEN appeared on the screen. I suspect that the web site has been hacked, although it seems like Microsoft Office Live would have safeguards against this sort of thing. I logged into the web admin account, and all the files and images are still there; but the web site seems to have disappeared. This was a free website service that Microsoft offered, so I don't think there is a problem with domain name registration, unless Microsoft made changes that I wasn't aware of. Anybody else have this happen to them? Oddly, Docstoc has most, if not all of my kid's files on their web site. One of my kids created a web site several years ago that contains educational notes for high school and college students. The website is http://www.marysbridge.com. It was receiving a lot of traffic since its inception and all of a sudden, on Sept 17, 2010, the visitor traffic dropped to zero. When we tried to visit the web site tonight, a cryptic message about 403 Error FORBIDDEN appeared on the screen. I suspect that the web site has been hacked, although it seems like Microsoft Office Live would have safeguards against this sort of thing. I logged into the web admin account, and all the files and images are still there; but the web site seems to have disappeared. This was a free website service that Microsoft offered, so I don’t think there is a problem with domain name registration, unless Microsoft made changes that I wasn’t aware of. Anybody else have this happen to them?

Oddly, Docstoc has most, if not all of my kid’s files on their web site.

]]> By: Mark Graban http://jamisonjudd.com/2010/01/17/docstoc-making-money-off-pirated-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Mark Graban Sun, 02 May 2010 14:08:41 +0000 http://jamisonjudd.com/?p=173#comment-60 I just noticed, also, that somebody (NOT my publisher) is selling a pirated PDF of my book on DocStoc. They've been contacted about the violation, but they aren't moving too quickly. I just noticed, also, that somebody (NOT my publisher) is selling a pirated PDF of my book on DocStoc. They’ve been contacted about the violation, but they aren’t moving too quickly.

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