Altered Pixels / PictureIT selling Coppemine for $225 !!

[christopheb]

This is incredible. I have been using 4image, a free gallery management script similar to Coppermine for a while. Today, I was informed that the site http://alteredpixels.net/pages/products.php was actually selling "their" software PictureIT for USD 225. The DEMO screen clearly proved that this was actually 4images (same template, same layout, even the copyright notice was unchanged). I imagine that they have received complains and they have removed 4images, but if you now go to the demo page of PictureIT , you will have a big surprise....  They have even not removed the copyright notice "Powered by Coppermine Photo Gallery", how stupid can they be !!!.....
And they sell it for USD 225 !!! Claiming "Altered Pixels prides itself on being capable of suiting all of your Website Needs. Indoing so, we have developed several Software Packages(...)". They have not developped anything and are just stealing other people's work....  Check it out by yourself !!
Hope someone can do something about these guys. Who will be next?

Christopheb[/b]

[CMIVXX]

Found this on hotscripts...   What the hell is going on here??

http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/30558.html

Anyone want to send him a cease and desist?

[hyperion]

Thank you for this information. The Dev Team is now in consultations to decide what to do.

[shadowlord]

I didn't know where to post this but i think it need your all's attition

if you go to this link you will fiind the follwing description

Description: It includes: Categories : As many as desired categories and Unterkategorien can be put on and interlocked Collection of the clicks on a category Optional description text for each category Indicate the subcategories under the main category. Number of indicated subcategories adjustable
Pictures: According to standard integrated picture and file formats: jpg, GIF, png, aif, outer, avi, mid, mov, mp3, mpg, Southwestern German Broadcasting Corporation, wav, RA, rm, zip Upload of the files via browser over the administration page, or by ftp Automatic Thumbnail production through the administration page (ImageMagick , GD or NetPBM ) Automatic conversion of dimension of picture area through the admin page Evaluation function by visitors for each picture Individually activatable comment function for each picture Downloadfunktion for each picture with counting function Indication of description text, Keywords for each picture
E-Card function: Comments Individually activatable comment function for each picture Support of BB code (pictures merge by BB code in the comments optionally capable of being turned off) of HTML code in the comments can be prevented Spam control Badword function Automatic making up of long words (number of characters adjustable)  
Resource Specification  
Version: 2.0
Platform(s): *Nix, Windows
File Size: 2.38MG
 
Price: $225.00
Date Added: Sat Jan 24 2004
Last Updated: Sun Jan 25 2004
Author: James C. Harvey


and the link to the demo site
http://alteredpixels.net/Products/Demos/PictureIT/

it is your software what I am seeing here is someone trying to make some sort of a profit off your all's idea i use coppermine myself the person was stupid enough to leave your all's copyright here so I am sorry if i posted in the wrong place.

but I hate theifs someone trying to make a profit off of someones work it has gotten some votes already.  it could be a prank or someone really trying to make some money from coppermine

please at least look into it you all work to hard for someone to ebaress you all like that

[Casper]

Hi Shadowlord, (nice nickname, should of thought of that myself, as I run a Shadow owners club site).

Thanks for the info.  It was noticed earlier today, so I have merged your post with that thread.

casper

[shadowlord]

as you all know it alterd pixels was trying to sell coppermine,xcart and a few other programs they changed looks and a new site

http://alteredpixels.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=4

here is the links to the new site but this is what they said about coppemine

Has been under development...
To Those of you whom saw fit to accuse us of "Stealing" or "Reselling" Software with minor adjustments, etc. it is not necessary for you to know this, however: We were testing out other Image Gallery Software Packages to compare features we liked and did not like, while we are in development of our 'PictureIT!'. Gallery Portal.

To those wonderful people like us who develop and Test software, we are terribly apologetic about reports within your Forums and Bulletins regarding the "Alleged" claims. Surely, While you develop your own software, you must Compare your features with those of the community.

[shadowlord]

they for got to add they was selling it on hotscripts.com

[hyperion]

I have not found any evidence that they are currently selling Coppermine as their PictureIT product, but rest assured that the Dev Team is monitoring the situation.  As of this moment, there is no apparent GPL violation by Altered Pixels. Should this change, we will act accordingly.