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Who is behind docplayer?

mig34_mig Posted messages 3 Status Member -  
iMacGyver Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello,
Does anyone know who is behind https://docplayer.fr/? There are tons of documents online, usually copied from content that is either free or not free of rights on the internet.
- Is this site reliable for downloading content, or are we at risk of getting malware or spyware?
- Who can you turn to if they use content that belongs to you without your consent?
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Thank you for your response,
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    Afrikarnak Posted messages 17653 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 14 519
     
    Hello

    If you read the 'Terms of Service' for this thing, you'll learn a bit more (but not everything..). Not very transparent, all of this!

    Governing Law:

    These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without regard to its principles of conflict of law

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    1. mig34_mig Posted messages 3 Status Member 4
       
      Yes, good idea…! And given the ton of ads on these pages, I fear we’ll end up with loads of spyware by downloading those PDFs or PowerPoint files that are simply content theft circulated on the internet. Those little bastards. Thank you!
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  2. weex
     
    Apparently a scam, a site that is going to end up in court.

    I found confidential documents there, from our own startup.

    A future scandal, I am going to file a complaint against them.
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    1. aaronLU
       
      Me too, they published my thesis position without permission, I would like to know how to have it removed.
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  3. Arnaud
     
    Exactly. I tried to contact them in every possible way regarding a hacked document posted by a fake profile and I never received a response.
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    1. Antonia.d
       
      I am the author of a document published by Ellipses that is available on the site in violation of copyright.
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  4. Coucou
     
    It's a Russian hacker

    Completely illegal

    https://sijmen.ruwhof.net/weblog/1623-one-of-the-worlds-most-visited-websites-that-nobody-is-aware-of
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  6. iMacGyver Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   6
     
    Site owned by a Russian (Vladimir Nesterenko) who "scrapes" millions of PDF documents without the permission of their authors, in at least 19 countries (and 54 domain names!).

    One can find everything there, and it is even likely that if you have published a PDF on a site (yours, for example), it is there too!

    Loads of sensitive information (confidential, medical, tax, etc.) can be found there without your consent, and I myself have found rental contracts that were present (but hidden) on my rental site and removed for years!

    This is clearly a real mafia that rakes in millions of euros (through the omnipresent ads) without being bothered by either Google (which takes its cut from the clicks) or the government, which is at best helpless (the sites are often hosted abroad), or simply indifferent or not even aware (try finding where to report an illegal site!)...

    As for the "justice" system in Russia contacted by Mediamusic and "the Rights Alliance", they kindly told them to go elsewhere!
    For those who are curious, a good article (in English) by an investigative journalist who tracked down the whole operation:
    https://sijmen.ruwhof.net/weblog/1623-one-of-the-worlds-most-visited-websites-that-nobody-is-aware-of

    In short, it should be boycotted!!!
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