CodyValkyrie
July 9th, 2012, 12:19
I'm sure some of you are aware of Mr. Ferguson, but today I happened upon some threads in some other forums about his misdeeds and the fact that several "other" forums had not taken care of this particular person. For those of you uninformed Robert Ferguson was a known pirate and operated one of the largest pirate websites on the internet. 4 years ago I had a run in with the guy because he was snagging my payware videos. At the time, through YouTube I was able to track the websites my videos were being viewed on, and they took me RIGHT to his pirating website. Through that, I was also able to determine that he had been capturing my videos and uploading them to other YouTube accounts he had made. I was able to track his information from a basic WhoIs search and got in contact with a friend in the X-Plane development community who had also been tracking the guy. My buddy managed to get his PayPal accounts closed (he was SELLING pirated software through a VIP membership system). I also called him one day inconveniently to have a chat with him, and although I kept it cordial, I questioned his integrity in the whole thing.
So, moving on, he is still in the community as an active member. One of the largest sites dedicated to addons he is still an active poster on... and while his site has vanished (thankfully), he is still an active member on several pirate distribution networks. On said site, he has acknowledged his involvement, but yet he is still a member and posts frequently. There is nothing I can do about it, and this post is a rant more than anything else.... I just warn people that Robert Ferguson is still out there, and I hope to expose this name to the community so that he doesn't continue to rip off the decent people I see here and other places.
Cheers and thanks for listening.
(I would just like to point out that I have kept the actual sites and places he is associated with as confidential. The people who need to see this know who they are, and I do not wish to tarnish the reputation of some of these communities. I posted this on SOH because they are one of the few communities I am still an active member on. I don't want to start a mud slinging match, and I ask that if you reply that we try to limit the finger pointing.)
So, moving on, he is still in the community as an active member. One of the largest sites dedicated to addons he is still an active poster on... and while his site has vanished (thankfully), he is still an active member on several pirate distribution networks. On said site, he has acknowledged his involvement, but yet he is still a member and posts frequently. There is nothing I can do about it, and this post is a rant more than anything else.... I just warn people that Robert Ferguson is still out there, and I hope to expose this name to the community so that he doesn't continue to rip off the decent people I see here and other places.
Cheers and thanks for listening.
(I would just like to point out that I have kept the actual sites and places he is associated with as confidential. The people who need to see this know who they are, and I do not wish to tarnish the reputation of some of these communities. I posted this on SOH because they are one of the few communities I am still an active member on. I don't want to start a mud slinging match, and I ask that if you reply that we try to limit the finger pointing.)