I still don't understand what all the fuss is about, I again just went to https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home and to me it is a matter of all being just links to other sites. I see no mention of payment on his site and I clicked on a couple of the links in his site and was taken to other sites which all appeared to be above board. Tom On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:11:00 +0000, Janet Crawford wrote: >Yes, Tom, You are a pushover. For example, He has taken some of the >work that I put on Rootsweb on my list and included it on his site >with no indication of the source, except that Rootsweb shows. He is >somewhat like the guy who copies your paper in school without your >knowledge. He then sells the site to advertisers and makes money off >our work. It's shameful. Not your usual spammer, but in a way far >worse. > >Janet > >On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Tom Perrett <tomp@st.net.au> wrote: >> I must be a pushover as I went to the link in the OP's post to >> see a list of sites and a message >> >> This website is dedicated to making Irish ancestry research as >> free as possible. >> >> they all seemed to me to be quite useful sites with no apparent >> commercial implication. >> >> Tom >> >> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:59:04 -0700, W David Samuelsen wrote: >> >>>I recognized this guy. He's a database thief. USGenWeb Project has been >>>after him for that. Notorious spammer, too. The only objective he has >>>was to generate revenue from ads for himself. >>> >>>David >>> >>>On 1/15/2013 10:19 AM, Christina Hunt wrote: >>>> All Irish list were spammed by a Shawn Doyle. >>>> Not sure if that is even his name. I moderated him on most of my Irish lists, >>>> but he still got through on a couple. I suggest banning him if you see him >>>> appear. shawndoyle71@gmail.com >>>> >>>> The email suggested a links site which is file with ads. He has linked to >>>> individual pages without stating what organization the sites are a part of. I >>>> see this link page included all counties, not just the U.S. >>>> >>>> On his U.S. page he shows a small icon for Cyndis List but no link and he is >>>> certainly nothing to do with her. >>>> >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home >>>> >>>> Christina >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tom <tomp@st.net.au> Tom Perrett >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think this same person that is being sued by Cindi's List? Joan On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Tom Perrett <tomp@st.net.au> wrote: > I still don't understand what all the fuss is about, I again just went > to > > https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home > > and to me it is a matter of all being just links to other sites. > > I see no mention of payment on his site and I clicked on > a couple of the links in his site and was taken to > other sites which all appeared to be above board. > > Tom > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:11:00 +0000, Janet Crawford wrote: > >>Yes, Tom, You are a pushover. For example, He has taken some of the >>work that I put on Rootsweb on my list and included it on his site >>with no indication of the source, except that Rootsweb shows. He is >>somewhat like the guy who copies your paper in school without your >>knowledge. He then sells the site to advertisers and makes money off >>our work. It's shameful. Not your usual spammer, but in a way far >>worse. >> >>Janet >> >>On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Tom Perrett <tomp@st.net.au> wrote: >>> I must be a pushover as I went to the link in the OP's post to >>> see a list of sites and a message >>> >>> This website is dedicated to making Irish ancestry research as >>> free as possible. >>> >>> they all seemed to me to be quite useful sites with no apparent >>> commercial implication. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:59:04 -0700, W David Samuelsen wrote: >>> >>>>I recognized this guy. He's a database thief. USGenWeb Project has been >>>>after him for that. Notorious spammer, too. The only objective he has >>>>was to generate revenue from ads for himself. >>>> >>>>David >>>> >>>>On 1/15/2013 10:19 AM, Christina Hunt wrote: >>>>> All Irish list were spammed by a Shawn Doyle. >>>>> Not sure if that is even his name. I moderated him on most of my Irish lists, >>>>> but he still got through on a couple. I suggest banning him if you see him >>>>> appear. shawndoyle71@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> The email suggested a links site which is file with ads. He has linked to >>>>> individual pages without stating what organization the sites are a part of. I >>>>> see this link page included all counties, not just the U.S. >>>>> >>>>> On his U.S. page he shows a small icon for Cyndis List but no link and he is >>>>> certainly nothing to do with her. >>>>> >>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home >>>>> >>>>> Christina >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Tom <tomp@st.net.au> Tom Perrett >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message