[aklug] Re: Copyright taken to a ridiculous (but logical) extreme

From: adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org>
Date: Tue Dec 27 2011 - 19:28:29 AKST

I'd agree with Jim, re: auto-translated, but I'd also say that it looks
like the site is quite fake. Looks like a poor attempt at SEO spam or
something.

Ugh. It hurts to read it.

On 12/27/2011 01:46 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> I thought this was rather hilarious:
> http://hybrid-auto-cars.com/hybrid-sports-car/sports-car.html
>
> There is nothing strange about the content of the page itself. However,
> you will notice something odd if you have JavaScript enabled: If you try
> to click and drag across a line of text (to highlight it) the highlight
> will not appear. Likewise, if you try to Edit>> Select All, nothing
> will be highlighted. Finally, if you right-click on the page, an Alert
> box will appear containing the words "Please, do not copy!!!"
>
> Of course, you just need to disable JavaScript on the page to get back
> to normality, but I thought it was funny anyway. If you view the page
> code, there is a huge block of JavaScript in the middle with the words...
>
> /*****************************************************************
> *** COPY PROTECTED BY CHETANGOLE.COM/BLOG/WP-COPYPROTECT ****
> ******************************************************************/
>
> ...followed by a bunch of code that captures your mouse clicks. Guess
> you've got to do whatever it takes to keep those nasty Web visitors from
> reproducing a line or two from your blog without permission!
>

-- 
Adam
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