An old friend has returned.

[ChemZ]

Plagiarism!

It's just not right!

[webfork]

ghacks.net wrote a piece about CD, DVD, Blu-Ray Recovery Software yesterday, featuring a software "by" Martik.

Good catch. I posted a note -- hopefully it takes.

Did you post the note/comment on ghacks?

Mine went into moderation and -- as I've posted to Ghacks on several occasions -- evidently the author saw fit to throw it out. Unfortunate.

[I am Baas]

That's exactly what happened with my comment. It's sad to see that a (self proclaimed) journalist employs censorship, isn't it? I guess for ghacks it's the 'ends justify the means' like the rest of them crooks and frauds. As said before, bye ghacks.

[guinness]

As said before, bye ghacks.

It's a shame, since I've always had this impression that Ghacks uses TPFC for new entries and vice versa. At least we can all keep our heads held high that we respect software developers.

[Nozavi]

Brothersoft doesn't surprise me, but that is disappointing to hear about Softpedia.

Nobody likes a disppointed user All listings have been removed
An email will always solve the problem... Thanks!

_________________
Best regards,
Nozavi

[I am Baas]

Here's a list of software Martik claims to have developed (obtained from his blog under the softwares tab) and next to it links to, what I believe to be, the original software developer. When I have more free time I will locate the rest and complete it.

Rebuild Icon Cache [Windows 7] ---> http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49 ... build.html
Martik Alexa Toolbar
Martik 32bit or 64bit 1.0 ---> http://www.igorware.com/64bit-checker
Martik ISO Burner 1.0 ---> http://www.passcape.com/passcape_iso_burner
How To Solve A Rubik's Cube 2.0
Martik Image EXIF Remover 1.0 ---> http://www.exiferaser.com/
Martik Colors 1.0
Show Me The Loaded Drivers! - http://ntcore.com/drvlist.php
Martik Registry Older!
Martik Copier 1.0 ---> http://www.vcsoftwares.com/cc.html
Martik EXE Password 1.0 ---> http://www.windowscleanuptool.com/exepa ... ssword.htm
Martik Full Year View ---> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-too ... mple.shtml http://move.to/moose (Scroll to Calendar Year Simple)
Martik WMF to SVG Converter 1.0 ---> http://www.emoodu.com/ (scroll down to middle of page)
Martik SIS Info 1.0
Martik PC F!X - Fix Everything!
Martik Unit Converter 1.0 ---> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Uni ... 3000.shtml
Mart!k HeX De$iM@L B!n@Ry CoNvErTeR 1.0 ---> http://www.bttsoftware.co.uk/base.html
Martik PDF to Text 1.0 ---> http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf-to-text/
Martik Square Footage Calculator - 1.0 BETA ---> http://www.square-footage-calculator.net/
Martik GIF to PNG 1.0 ---> http://www.nigels.com/exorcist/Exorcist.html http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia ... -PNG.shtml
Martik Image Converter 1.0 ---> http://www.evmsoft.net/en/imageconverter.html
Boot My Flash 1.0 ---> http://gocoding.com/page.php?al=bootflashdos
Martik D!g!Clock Screensaver ---> http://www.xequte.com/other/index.html#xclock
Boot It Safe! ---> http://www.superadblocker.com/bootsafe.html
Change Files Date and Time ---> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/filedatech.html
CDDVD OpenClose 1.0 ---> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/Op ... rawer.aspx
Martik Net Speed 1.0 ---> http://sourceforge.net/projects/netspeedcalc/
Find Dead Pixels 1.0
Martik BIN to ISO Converter 1.0
Egg to Chicken
Martik USB Disk Formatter 1.1
Martik BIOS Info 1.0 ---> A rebranded version of the Bios Agent 3.66. http://majorgeeks.com/The_BIOS_Agent_d5038.html
Martik MD5 Hasher 1.0 ---> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/S ... sher.shtml
Martik SE Character Fixer 1.0 BETA
Martik Monitor Off! ---> http://www.andreas-software.com/interna ... lanker.php
Martik Video to FLV Converter 1.0 Beta
Martik AVI to BMP 1.0 ---> http://www.daansystems.com/avi2bmp/
Martik Jpeg to PDF 1.0 ---> http://www.jpegtopdf.com/
Martik Dummy File Creator 1.0 ---> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applicati ... -file.aspx
Martik File Eraser 1.0
Martik Dirty Jokes (18+)
Martik MIDI/WAV Player 1.0
CD/DVD/BlueRay Recovery 1.0 ---> http://www.008soft.com/products/cd-data-recovery.htm
Martik Mpeg Video Joiner ---> http://www.008soft.com/products/mpeg-joiner.htm
Interesting Girl 1.0
Martik EXE Compressor 1.1 (Mew) ---> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programmin ... W-SE.shtml http://northfox.uw.hu/index.php?lang=eng&id=dev
Martik Avira Advertising Remover ---> http://www.fred151.altervista.org/?p=ar ... apublicity http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/S ... vira.shtml
Martik MKV to AVI Converter 3.0 BETA ---> http://www.008soft.com/mkv-to-avi.htm
mBrowser 1.0 ---> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/B ... wser.shtml http://phoenixstudio.org/en/theworld.htm
Martik Toolbar for IE, Firefox
Martik Rapid MKV Converter 1.0 ---> http://www.008soft.com/en/direct-mkv-converter.htm
Martik Hide Folder 1.0 ---> http://www.cleanersoft.com/hidefolder/f ... folder.htm
Martik .BIG Editor 1.0 ---> http://commandandconquer.filefront.com/ ... itor;38034 http://www.gamefront.com/files/3813357
In Class Translator 1.1
Sonyericsson MediaPlayer Skinner 1.6
Martik SIS Signer 3.1
Martik Multipad 1.0 ---> http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/ (scroll all the way down the page) http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-too ... rhiy.shtml

[guinness]

Wow! Out of curiosity how did you search for the original software?

[I am Baas]

Wow! Out of curiosity how did you search for the original software?

ICTYBTIWHTKY

I recognized some of them (the portable ones) and the others, I just googled the text.

[guinness]

ICTYBTIWHTKY

I just had to google that, is that a little bad?!

[webfork]

Brothersoft doesn't surprise me, but that is disappointing to hear about Softpedia.

Nobody likes a disppointed user All listings have been removed
An email will always solve the problem.

Very good news -- thanks

[webfork]

That's exactly what happened with my comment. It's sad to see that a (self proclaimed) journalist employs censorship, isn't it? I guess for ghacks it's the 'ends justify the means' like the rest of them crooks and frauds. As said before, bye ghacks.

Just sent this to the site admin. I'm pretty sure it'll get ignored because it looks like the admin is the same one who wrote that article, but hopefully not.

Me and some other guys over at PFW aren't happy about our posts getting deleted, especially when it has to do with software plagiarism.

[link to this thread]

As authors, you folks wouldn't like it if someone reposted your work with their name on it. Please take a stand against it in software.

On the other hand, kudos to AddictiveTips for moving against Martik.

Edit: Author responded with a very reasonable justification for the comments not appearing:

Thanks for notifying me about the issue. Let me first assure you that we
do not censor comments on Ghacks, but an accusation like the one brought
forth needs to be verified before we take action. I cannot just allow a
comment on the site that accuses someone of plagiarism without verifying
that claim.

As a result of that verification, I have removed the link to the
offenders website. I have linked instead to the Portable Freeware forum
thread you mentioned.

Again thanks for letting me know about this. Ghacks may look like a big
site but it is in fact a site run by one individual. I have limited
capacities and need to sleep every now and then as well. Feel free to
contact me directly at my email address if you spot other issues on the
site. I will investigate them all and take measures once done.

[Igor]

Glad to hear GHacks removed the link, I like that website.

Do you think blogger would remove his blog if reported? I find their report form way to complicated to understand if I even have a right to report his blog http://www.google.com/support/bin/reque ... ct=blogger

[guinness]

Perhaps Blogger is the next path, but their reporting system is complicated Igor I agree!

[Igor]

I found another report form which seems a bit simpler http://www.google.com/support/blogger/b ... e=main_tos

[I am Baas]

Awesome news. Thank you Nozavi (Softpedia), addictivetips and ghacks for doing the right thing.