SPOILER ALERT: This is a rather long post :|
I've a fun question for everyone; what difference do you notice when you compare the Flash animation movie on this link to this one?
Well probably none, because the content is the same... Which is weird, because I don't really recall myself posting Revival & Revenge someplace else than NewGrounds.
And like I said on the page where I posted it;
"Unless I specify otherwise, NewGrounds is the one and only site to display this flash."
How interesting, this was almost screaming for some deeper investigation.
After doing some research I found out the lawful site owner was Bogomil I. Pavlov, and the technical dude was named Anton Titov. I thought this Titov guy was the one to contact, so I sent him an email, but apparently his email was no longer in use.
So I decided to send the following message to the Pavlov fellow;
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Dear Mr. Pavlov,
I've a request concerning content placed on KefChe.bg, of which you're the administrative contact - according to http://whois.domaintools.com/kefche.bg . Earlier this day I tried to email the technical contact, Mr. Titov, but apparently the email address I found there was invalid.
I'm an animator who made a Flash movie a few months ago called "Revival & Revenge", which I released September 22 on NewGrounds. I clearly stated that "unless I specify otherwise, NewGrounds is the one and only site to display this flash".
Unfortunately an individual going by the nickname of "fullmetal" has downloaded multiple Flash submissions from NewGrounds and posted them on KefChe.bg.
Since I didn't give this person permission to post my Flash movie on your site (he didn't even contact me about it) and this movie still is my intellectual property, I kindly request to remove at least "Revival & Revenge" from KefChe.bg and maybe the other movies as well, since I highly doubt whether this "fullmetal" person has asked permission from the other authors to post theirs.
Yours sincerely,
RazorShader
The NewGrounds link to my Flash movie (to verify I truely am who I say I am);
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
512342
The KefChe.net link to my unlawfully posted Flash movie (my artist's name "RazorShader" is also clearly displayed on the first screen);
http://www.kefche.bg/games/i1vbfy/
The account page of "fullmetal";
http://www.kefche.bg/fullmetal/games/?
page=1
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I waited a few days, but since I didn't get any response I decided to pm the pathetic wanker who stole my (and a lot of other's) animation; some simple retard going by the name of "fullmetal".
I sent him this message;
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Recipient
fullmetal
Subject
A few mistakes
Message
Hello fullmetal,
I recently found out you posted some Madness Combat tributes, which I thought was cool because I like Madness Combat myself (I made a few tributes myself actually).
You can imagine how surprised I was to find my own NewGrounds submission "Revival & Revenge" on Kefche, especially because I wrote on its original page that "Unless I specify otherwise, NewGrounds is the one and only site to display this flash.".
Don't ask me why, but this far I haven't specified otherwise, so this is where we bump into a few mistakes.
Mistake #1: This animation is posted on Kefche, despite my declaration for NewGrounds being the only place on the Internet to have the right to display my movie.
Mistake #2: You posted this on Kefche without my permission; you didn't even ask. If you would have asked for my permission, you wouldn't have gotten it though, but if you planned to put it here you should have asked.
Mistake #3: You posted it in the game section. Why in death's name would you do that? This is not a game; it's an animated video or animated movie, whatever you want to call it, but not a game. A game is interactive, but the only thing here to click is the play button.
Mistake #4: Author credit. I made that animation, and my artist name is RazorShader. However, it doen't say "Revival & Revenge from RazorShader". It says "Revival & Revenge from fullmetal". Wait a minute, what did you contribute to the animation then? As far as I remember I made it myself. You shouldn't get any credit for anything, since the only thing you did was posting it on another site without my permission, without asking me, without giving me credit.
I assume you make up for your mistake by removing my Flash submission.
I recommend you ask the other authors for permission to place their animations on Kefche. If they deny your request, I believe you should remove it like you'll have to remove my animation.
I severely hope you will cover up for your mistakes by removing my animation from Kefche and that you don't make them again.
Kind regards,
RazorShader
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I tried to daily check my inbox on the KefChe site (yeah I actually had to make an account on RipoffGrounds in order to contact this guy).
There were no messages in my inbox last time I checked before today. When I tried to login today I found out there was no user named "RazorShader" in their system.
I knew Bulgaria had a Soviet Union background, but I never would have thought they still would make people disappear these days.
I was so overwhelmed by this I tried if my account was really removed, so I tried re-registering. And now I could login again but my outbox was empty of course.
So what in deaths name are these pathetic pigfuckers trying to achieve?
I simply explained my problem to the unlawfully posting maniac and the slutty site owner, and apparently messaging one or both of them was enough to get me kicked from their site...
As far as I'm concerned for now they've declared the war.
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A small list of what KefChe has stolen from NewGrounds:
From Proxicide:
Madness: Rising
http://www.kefche.bg/games/n3fhzw/
From L3pra:
Midnight Madness
http://www.kefche.bg/games/xd4kym/
From Coft:
A tricky animation
http://www.kefche.bg/games/@y53v4/
From DutchinLive:
M.O.T.O.R.
http://www.kefche.bg/games/bi1wqh/
From GabrielBarsch:
Madness Manager 1
http://www.kefche.bg/games/qhteqf/
From MortalSymphony:
Madness Gun Sounds!
http://www.kefche.bg/games/fqegxz/
From Crazymonkey154:
A totally random day
http://www.kefche.bg/games/f2uu4t/
Music Vid - White and Nerdy
http://www.kefche.bg/games/dyt925/
Madness T E T R I S'D
http://www.kefche.bg/games/mr5t53/
From Mesmay:
Resurrection of a Clown
http://www.kefche.bg/games/y3wkx6/
Written by Ebolaworld and lots of other people's voices:
Life in Portal: Madness
http://www.kefche.bg/games/9wkejq/
From the Madness agitation 3 collab (no, I'm not going to link to everybody):
Madness agitation 3
http://www.kefche.bg/games/vrnw6t/
From Sunshaft:
Heavy Damage
http://www.kefche.bg/games/tru479/
From LyTzz:
Madness - Preloaded
http://www.kefche.bg/games/biitee/
Madness - Preloaded II
http://www.kefche.bg/games/k3@55y/
From MakoSucks:
Madness of the Dead
http://www.kefche.bg/games/38bgq2/
From Jess-The-Dragoon:
Madness Manufactory
http://www.kefche.bg/games/r27kir/
From Krinkels, yes, that basterd fullmetal even stole Krinkel's animation:
Madness Combat 5.5
http://www.kefche.bg/games/7@iyn5/
From DeathW1ng:
Madness Psychosis
http://www.kefche.bg/games/gtv24g/
From tasers:
Dadness Combat
http://www.kefche.bg/games/kvnmyk/
From erixs:
Certain Madness
http://www.kefche.bg/games/s98@qs/
Madness Advancement
http://www.kefche.bg/games/i9z1iu/
From El-Sammo:
A Madness Mystery
http://www.kefche.bg/games/er48@@/
From DJTrickyM:
Madness Lollyland RE
http://www.kefche.bg/games/9ii9uy/
From Littleluckylink:
Dawn of the Madness
http://www.kefche.bg/games/sinydr/
From DeadBeat606:
Madness Tribulation II
http://www.kefche.bg/games/kztn2v
From Alpha-Nuva:
Fitzkore Madness
http://www.kefche.bg/games/9tx7mf/
Hunt of the Shoop 2 Pt. 1
http://www.kefche.bg/games/345eg8/
Redness Precedence
http://www.kefche.bg/games/j3gd4y/
From smotez:
Madness desultory 2
http://www.kefche.bg/games/1ujhve/
From RazorShader:
Revival & Revenge
http://www.kefche.bg/games/i1vbfy/
FMlilgarfield
Whoa! After reading the entire post, Damn that angers me how the theif and administrators are handling this situation like a group of igronant morons. This is an even hugmongous ripoff than the 2009 summer madness ripoffs. We can all thank MadnessCombat0099 for influencing a whole new era for World Wide Web theifs robbing us all of our fine talented works of animation.
RazorShader
Yeah indeed. The thing that seriously surprised me the most was the fact those site admins removed MY account from their site :s