tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post6622903352373326508..comments2012-01-22T16:13:38.624-08:00Mere Mortalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14257712421173883932noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-89818863187901974212012-01-22T16:13:38.624-08:002012-01-22T16:13:38.624-08:00Dear Steve,<br />Excellent essay and yes, only purchase from reputable sellers who fairly compensate the designers for the work they do. <br /><br />And I love your YouTube videos.<br /><br />Vickie <br />Selkie Wood WorksVickie Woodcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08956350116473854207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-27919407434561509332011-12-12T17:50:46.828-08:002011-12-12T17:50:46.828-08:00Really helpful info. do you know Matthias Wandel plans?Paralogoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823600012450347327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-39631917008596278622011-12-05T02:09:25.093-08:002011-12-05T02:09:25.093-08:00Hi Steve,<br /> Well done. I found you web just a few weeks ago and you have inspired me to just get moving in my woodworking shop. I even started with your advent calendar project. So, while waiting for paint to dry I would watch more of your posts when I cam across this one. I must say, you teach well. You got your point across with me. I, like you, am cheep and don&#39;t want to spend anymore than I have too. Yet, your point of giving the creating people their rightful dues is very important to me. I&#39;d hate for someone to steal my ideas, share them with the world and I miss out on the revenue which is due. <br /> Thanks for going through the task of informing others of Pirated plans.<br /><br />Ricardo, Milwaukee, WI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-72642924166142841912011-11-22T08:54:00.192-08:002011-11-22T08:54:00.192-08:00Hi Steve,<br /><br />As far as I know the teds woodworking program is totally legit. It also keeps my blog alive with a couple of sales a month.<br /> The FTC is going down hard on scammers and copyright pirates and any platform that helps them sell their stuff. And they haven&#39;t taken the product down.<br />I do agree that nobody needs 16000 plans and I loved the video.<br />BTW is it okay if I link to your blog from my site? I think it&#39;s fantastic.<br />Best regards, Rob.Robhttp://workbenchplansblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-19703588073074157872011-04-19T17:05:26.875-07:002011-04-19T17:05:26.875-07:00Steve,<br />Thanks for the information.<br />I just had some woodworking plan &quot;,tk&quot; subscribe to follow me on twitter.<br />There was another spammer in there too, not ww related.<br />I blocked both of them.Raymondhttp://www.dogwoodtales.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-68761815413335105332011-03-20T13:22:44.439-07:002011-03-20T13:22:44.439-07:00Wish I could spell me name...<br /><br />Dan CravottaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-90368094349618683832011-03-20T13:21:17.990-07:002011-03-20T13:21:17.990-07:00Hi Steve,<br /><br />I just found your website a little while ago and this was the first article I&#39;ve read. Very, very interesting. Anyway, I went and checked my FB page and what do I fine? Check out &quot;Tedswoodworking.com&quot; and buy 16,000 plans for $67 or 14,000 plans at &quot;woodworking4home.com&quot; for $49. You know what is really interesting? The web sites appear to be almost identical! None of my family or friends like to make sawdust so it doesn&#39;t do any good for me to warn them. But, you&#39;ve warned me and for that, I thank you!<br /><br />Fan Cravotta<br />Franklin, TN<br />headkeep@comcast.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-65933607767106272312010-07-09T17:18:24.081-07:002010-07-09T17:18:24.081-07:00Wow... I knew this was going to happen sooner or later. This just re-enforces my belief to add my website address to ALL assembly videos! Funny thing is, I see &quot;ads&quot; for my books online and when I click on them, they go to a bit torrent site. So this is an even bigger issue than just plan compilation and videos being ripped.<br /><br />JonJonhttp://woodmarvels.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-63715906231542628902010-07-08T00:35:56.631-07:002010-07-08T00:35:56.631-07:00I have been thinking of writing this exact post for some time, but you did it PERFECTLY!<br /><br />I am going to tweet this to death!!!!<br /><br />Good job.Extremely Averagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091831282668222931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-70416797938258681942010-07-07T08:39:00.636-07:002010-07-07T08:39:00.636-07:00I agree 100% Mere Mortal. Frugal does not mean taking advantage of somebody else by selling off work that doesn&#39;t belong to them. Bad deeds should not be rewarded. Thanks for spearheading this.Frugal Woodguyhttp://frugalwoodworking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-79288683046666656642010-07-06T09:08:06.412-07:002010-07-06T09:08:06.412-07:00On every single YouTube video, there&#39;s a &quot;report abuse&quot; link. It doesn&#39;t sound like much, but if everyone who notices - as you have - blatant copyright infringement (let&#39;s be clear here: there&#39;s a case for Fair Use, but ripping off episodes of NYW without proper attribution ain&#39;t it) were to actually report these things as abuse, it would curtail the efforts of scammers.srakkthttp://srakkt.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310643945201908786.post-66665999527745075642010-07-04T06:54:47.247-07:002010-07-04T06:54:47.247-07:00Hey Mere Mortal........nicely done....but it goes beyond just plans. Even in this podcasting stuff we&#39;ve allowed individuals to get away with murder and rearrange the work of others. We&#39;ve seen supposed major magazines support this by selling the product. Now if like you said, the proceeds where to benefit the Maloof foundation then I&#39;d already have a copy.We did see an organization stop somebody,which was the correct thing to do. That&#39;s what we need more of....calling people out when copying without an individual reference or granted authorization. We let people slide which I&#39;m just as guilty of. <br /><br />There was a time when you would be asked to leave a woodworking show because you showed basically a knock-off. The organizers of these shows today are students of event planning not craft and today don&#39;t know what&#39;s new and what&#39;s been done before. This allows the current young woodworkers to validate what they have shown. It&#39;s very weird to watch things go full circle ending in nothing new but a copy.<br /><br />Hopefully the WoodExpo addresses some of this.Furnitologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156567758717661246noreply@blogger.com