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Wholesale copying from FlyerTalk... with a twist

A site called "TripFly" has apparently copied FT's forums wholesale, encrypting the names of all posters and doing utterly bizarre synonym-based substitutions of words in content to thinly disguise it. :eek: Sample:

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jpatokal Feb 23, 07, 10:15 pm
On a Monday morning not too far away, I'll be arriving on an international flight from BKK to FUK at 8:00 AM, with a domestic connection out at 10:15 AM. This will be my first visit to Fukuoka (or anywhere in Kyushu) and, obsessive food slut that I am, I'd like to have a bowl of Hakata tonkotsu ramen for breakfast.

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bruesnikinae Feb 23rd 2007

On a Monday morning not too far idle, I'll be oncoming on an global skein of geese from BKK to FUK at 8:00 AM, with a private kinship out at 10:15 AM. This will be my first stop in to Fukuoka (or anywhere in Kyushu) and, perfectionist foodstuffs slattern that I am, I'd equal to have a move of Hakata tonkotsu ramen for hotel.

This perfectionist slattern, for one, is pissed. Can FT/IB whack them with a C&D? :td:

That's just bizarre - they've got one of my do threads on the front page :rolleyes: :mad:

FWIW, here is the domain details and sadly it is Russian...... :rolleyes:

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Checking server [whois.publicinterestregistry.net] 

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NOTICE: Access to .ORG WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in 

determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the Public Interest Registry 

registry database. The data in this record is provided by Public Interest Registry 

for informational purposes only, and Public Interest Registry does not guarantee its 

accuracy. This service is intended only for query-based access. You agree 

that you will use this data only for lawful purposes and that, under no 

circumstances will you use this data to: (a) allow, enable, or otherwise 

support the transmission by e-mail, telephone, or facsimile of mass 

unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations to entities other than 

the data recipient's own existing customers; or (b) enable high volume, 

automated, electronic processes that send queries or data to the systems of 

Registry Operator or any ICANN-Accredited Registrar, except as reasonably 

necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. All 

rights reserved. Public Interest Registry reserves the right to modify these terms at any

time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. 



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Just saw this thread. I particularly like this post excerpt:

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Originally Posted by tripfly badly babelfished plagiarism machine

US Protocol is very easy as can be pursuit with wines, provided that you insist every celibate spunk you have with you.

http://tripfly.org/discussion/20367/...he-usa/#Item_0

FlyerTalk already welcomes such copying by a number of search engines. The only notable aspect of this event is that it may cost them some minimal ad revenue. Your contributions have already been sold.

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Originally Posted by birdstrike (Post 11002111)

I'm perfectly happy to have my contributions syndicated all over the planet. However, I'm not happy to have them attributed to "bruesnikinae", or to have my prose mangled. :(

But I presume this problem will resolve itself in time, as in their current form, those posts are just way too mangled to be of more than humorous use...

The funny thing is that after Tripfly's translation, N830MH's posts become readable!

OMG this one is hysterical! ROTFL

http://tripfly.org/discussion/22493/...d-room-policy/

Here is the original.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inter...om-policy.html

So where do I book an "Over Tap Water Bungalow"? LMAO!

Yeah, I discovered it several weeks ago. I think that it might be relying on some logic that might seem tenuous to us non-spammers: when people Google for travel terms, they use a lot of proper names. Those proper names don't get translated (and so appear with exactly the same incidence on tripfly as on FT), only the common words surrounding them. However, by the time someone's clicked through to tripfly, all that the evil spammers need is for 0.005% of them to click on an ad to cover their costs -- anything more is gravy.

It's also a way around Google algorithms that denigrate mirrored content, pushing it down the list of search results; Google can't tell that the texts are inherently similar, since such a large percentage of the words have been changed.

I might just toss a few random misspellings into my posts just to foil their babelfish...