P2P Apps Stealing from Websites
Poster: Subjugation
Posted on September 28, 2002 at 3:46:48 PM
This was taken from AMDZone since it's on NYTimes.com and that site requires a username and password to see the full article.
According to a New York Times story several file swapping programs, including Morpheous steal click thru and referral hits from websites. That is they are stealing from other webmasters by having their program run in the background and make it seem as though the referral come thru them. I've seen this in action with Morpheus 2 as certain sites I would visit would prompt a window to enable shopping bonuses, or some message like that. Even uninstalling Morpheous did not get rid of the program. So it boils down to Morpheous is stealing from me, and any other website uses referral based income, as are many other file swapping services. Morpheous and others are helping kill the internet.
Remember folks, if you want to use P2P without all the spyware, stealware, etc. just go to http://www.kazaalite.com . It's Kazaa but some genius figured out how to get rid of all the extra stuff you don't want.
"Some version of the diversion software is used by some of the most popular music trading sites that have tried to fill the void left by the collapse of Napster, including Morpheus, Kazaa and LimeWire. The companies say their software has been downloaded by tens of millions of Web surfers.
A chief executive of one software company was similarly unapologetic about the diversion of commissions. "We look at affiliates as competitors," said Avi Naider, the chief executive of WhenU.com, which makes the diversion software used by the music swapping services Kazaa and BearShare. The software, he said, provides services to users and money to each company "so it doesn't have to charge" for the currently free software and services."
According to a New York Times story several file swapping programs, including Morpheous steal click thru and referral hits from websites. That is they are stealing from other webmasters by having their program run in the background and make it seem as though the referral come thru them. I've seen this in action with Morpheus 2 as certain sites I would visit would prompt a window to enable shopping bonuses, or some message like that. Even uninstalling Morpheous did not get rid of the program. So it boils down to Morpheous is stealing from me, and any other website uses referral based income, as are many other file swapping services. Morpheous and others are helping kill the internet.
Remember folks, if you want to use P2P without all the spyware, stealware, etc. just go to http://www.kazaalite.com . It's Kazaa but some genius figured out how to get rid of all the extra stuff you don't want.
"Some version of the diversion software is used by some of the most popular music trading sites that have tried to fill the void left by the collapse of Napster, including Morpheus, Kazaa and LimeWire. The companies say their software has been downloaded by tens of millions of Web surfers.
A chief executive of one software company was similarly unapologetic about the diversion of commissions. "We look at affiliates as competitors," said Avi Naider, the chief executive of WhenU.com, which makes the diversion software used by the music swapping services Kazaa and BearShare. The software, he said, provides services to users and money to each company "so it doesn't have to charge" for the currently free software and services."