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rodfarva
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It just reminds me about this time i really liked this girl and she sliped up and said something about going out with another guy. I was like "bitch im fucking someone else to, dont TELL me about it." We've been married for 6 years.
.... no, not really.
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simplystoned
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Re: Spores101 [Re: rodfarva]
#7474654 - 10/01/07 04:42 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Rod: I think I'm in love with you.
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monstermitch
Growing in Bags Doesn't Work
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simplystoned said: P.S. This is totally off topic, but a little birdie told me spores101 is based in california ...
Many of their spores are illegal in California, so I doubt it.
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simplystoned
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That's partly why I'm asking. Forget I ever said anything about that.
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rodfarva
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simplystoned said: Rod: I think I'm in love with you.
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Shroomtalk
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Re: Spores101 [Re: rodfarva]
#7477465 - 10/02/07 01:26 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Lets try and sort this out right now.
Regarding Mitch and Mushbox... its coming down to a matter of opinion and terminology so its pretty harsh to call spores101 a LIAR.
Mitch you were surely NOT a partner, so your the one lying lol. A partner gets a share of the entire profits from a company. If anything you were a manufacturer of one single product among many that Mushbox sells. So if you want to get right down to it, correct you were not an employee, you are not a partner, but you were simply a wholesaler / manufacturer. Sorry for not getting the exact terminology out but you should really hold your tongue when it comes to flinging out the "L" word. Nobody lied about anything.
Now to sort out the situation regarding the images. A little while ago there was some stink about some images spores101 was using, and the situation was totally resolved. So if anyone else has a problem with the images, we are all ears. It's not like we are hiding anything, its not like we don't respond to emails and threads. So we are eagerly awaiting for anyone who has a complaint regarding our images to stand up and let us know so we can correct the issue.
Also what spores101 said, very soon, there will be a massive update and entire new website for spores101.com, all the images have been replaced and updated with better ones. When the website is live you can check each image. If we are in violation of using anyones images without permission we will apologize, compensate, and remove them immediately.
Mitch is clearly angry with Mushbox.com, and what rodfarva said nailed the situation. We have nothing to hide and also have copies of all the conversations, I would hate to bring that drama here but if thats what will help solve the lame whining then we will share anything as long as its in compliance with Shroomery rules.
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Brainiac
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An email i got from FP about it.
I know about that and have tried to deal with it.. The guy who runs the site is not so nice.. and admits stealing all his images but doesn''t care.. Drop him an email and see what you get for a response.. Don't know how he is still in business with that attitude..
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monstermitch
Growing in Bags Doesn't Work
Registered: 02/10/06
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Quote:
Shroomtalk said: Lets try and sort this out right now.
Regarding Mitch and Mushbox... its coming down to a matter of opinion and terminology so its pretty harsh to call spores101 a LIAR.
Mitch you were surely NOT a partner, so your the one lying lol. A partner gets a share of the entire profits from a company. If anything you were a manufacturer of one single product among many that Mushbox sells. So if you want to get right down to it, correct you were not an employee, you are not a partner, but you were simply a wholesaler / manufacturer. Sorry for not getting the exact terminology out but you should really hold your tongue when it comes to flinging out the "L" word. Nobody lied about anything.
Now to sort out the situation regarding the images. A little while ago there was some stink about some images spores101 was using, and the situation was totally resolved. So if anyone else has a problem with the images, we are all ears. It's not like we are hiding anything, its not like we don't respond to emails and threads. So we are eagerly awaiting for anyone who has a complaint regarding our images to stand up and let us know so we can correct the issue.
Also what spores101 said, very soon, there will be a massive update and entire new website for spores101.com, all the images have been replaced and updated with better ones. When the website is live you can check each image. If we are in violation of using anyones images without permission we will apologize, compensate, and remove them immediately.
Mitch is clearly angry with Mushbox.com, and what rodfarva said nailed the situation. We have nothing to hide and also have copies of all the conversations, I would hate to bring that drama here but if thats what will help solve the lame whining then we will share anything as long as its in compliance with Shroomery rules.
Yes, you are liars. You said that I used to work for you, I never did. I never said anything about being partners, we weren't that either. Your company simply retailed my products, simple as that. I never lied about anything, so don't you dare say I did.
It's simple, I don't see how you can't figure this out for yourself:
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SPORES101_COM said: Mitch -
You used to work for us so I don't see where you get off with all these comments. Everything we have on our web site has been okay'd with the proper sources and you know it. I'm sorry we couldnt do business anymore but you don't need to redirect your anger by bashing us in the forums.
We are also days away from releasing our new site with updated EVERYTHING.
This is a lie. I never worked for you. Another lie in this post is how you've confirmed all of your pictures and text, and that I know it. Well I know Workman and Sporeworks never agreed to let you use their pictures or text, they've been battling with you for a long time to get you to stop stealing their stuff. Also Fungi Perfecti has not allowed/confirmed your use of their pictures, as you can read in the above message from them.
Lies, plain and simple. So go ahead, post away about you and I. Everyone's waiting.
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Shroomtalk
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That is NOT us... we have NEVER had an email from Fungi Perfecti.
You must be referring to sporebank, they are the ones who steal images and don't respond. They are using all of the images from sporebank, spores101, and fungi.
Sorry but that is totally unfair and incorrect. We have NEVER been contacted by FP and would of course respond and comply if he did ask us to remove images. You have us confused with someone else, please get your information right before making accusations like that.
The new spores101.com will be live tonight / tomorrow and that tuber image will not be on the site.
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monstermitch
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That e-mail was sent to the user that posted it. He sent fungi perfecti an e-mail to notify them of their pictures on your site. That e-mail was their response to him.
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Shroomtalk
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We have talked to sporeworks and totally removed all images that were theres.
If they still have a problem Mitch that is there business and not yours so I would appreciate it if you would stop rubbing your nose were it doesn't belong. If Workman wants to talk to me he knows how to get hold of me.
I also already explained the terminology issue and really made that clear so you need to go back and read my last post. I said you were a manufacturer, its not that we were LYING about anything mitch it was a matter of terminology, you made product for us, and we paid you for it, THAT can be considered as you "working for us" lol... in my opinion that is exactly what it means. Nobody lied about anything, your really need to calm down and stop flinging that "L" word about.
And whats between me and you will stay that way until you make the first move for public sharing... If you want to bring out our dirty laundry for everyone here to smell then I am going to follow your lead.
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Workman
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I try to avoid posting in threads obviously intended for other vendors but since sporeworks and my name have been mentioned I will respond.
This thread has made me aware that there are still several images and even directly lifted text from sporeworks.com still on spores101.com
Although some have been removed it did take several months for this to happen.
It is my understanding that some sporeworks images will not be removed because they are also on sporebank (also unauthorized use). Apparently this is justified because of a business deal with sporebank that went bad.
I should mention that I just do R&D for sporeworks.com and don't deal directly with this sort of issue. Please address questions to customer service at the sporeworks.com website.
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Shroomtalk
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I sincerly apologize for the delay on changing the images. It was difficult to determine exactly what ones were who's when sporebank is stealing images as well.. They did use some of our original images so we copied all of there images in retaliation but soon realized they were actually stolen from sporeworks originally.
I have said it before and will say it again, if we are using images that are in violation to any other vendors we will immediately remove them and compensate if necessary.
The new spores101.com will be live tonight / tomorrow, if we are still using anyones images of course we will immediately remove them. We never intended to piss anyone off or blatantly abuse images so again I apologize for using anything that was not permissible. But until the actual owner of said images contacts us to verify and point out the exact images we can't really do anything.
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Shroomtalk
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Well I am still adamantly stating we have never been contacted by FP so am positive that FP has us confused with sporebank.
WHY would we want to cause shit with FP? of course we wouldn't.
Same with sporeworks... we respect and admire FP and sporeworks for the work they do... we get a variety of our stuff from FP and sporeworks already so we of course want to keep a good relationship with them.
If FP contacted us and mentioned images I absolutely, positively, guarantee we would have freaked out and immediately removed any images.
Again I don't understand why Mitch feels like this is any of his business.. I guess he just enjoys throwing sand in our face and likes to stoke the fire.
Coming on the Shroomery and posting an email that FP "apparently" made is absolute hearsay. If we could get him on the forums I am sure its a case of confusion, due to the number of websites using FP's images I doubt he can keep track of each one. FP has NEVER contacted spores101 about images.
Edited by Shroomtalk (10/02/07 03:59 PM)
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Workman
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I don't think it should be the responsibilty of the image owner to track down every instance of unauthorized use. Sporeworks.com makes sure every image we use is either our own, used with permission or we purchase the rights. In my opinion it would be better to use no image at all than to use random images of uncertain ownership. But I'm funny that way.
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Shroomtalk
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Re: Spores101 [Re: Workman]
#7477962 - 10/02/07 04:07 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Your totally right Workman, I agree 100% and we have adopted a new policy for the images right after sporeworks brought the original issue to our attention a few months ago. As I stated the new website will be live very soon and MOST of the images are ours... I admit some are from the internet and submissions from Shroomtalk forums from growers, but NONE of them should be in violation of sporeworks or FP's images.
I also stated that the only reason we had images that were sporeworks was because we were trying to get even with sporebank for stealing our products and images. After we copied all of there images on an older site it was brought to our attention that the images sporebank was using were actually all stolen, so that move on our part was very bad but we did try and make amends, it did take a bit of time ( already apologized for that also ) but we DID remove the sporeworks images.
I just want to make it clear that we are not trying to piss anyone off, or steal images. We should have put more effort in to getting our own content earlier on but it does take a bit of time and our new website should show this effort.
We are here and in the open, we are not denying or hiding the fact a mistake was made. And we will do anything necessary to amend the situation. But to be sure of exactly what images are in question we would need the owner of said images to verify that, sorry if that takes effort on that persons behalf but its necessary to protect a copyright, the internet is like the wild west so using someone else's images is an easy mistake, thats all it is, a mistake. Not blatant abuse of copyrighted images.
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Roadkill
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-------------------- Laterz, Road Who the hell you callin crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating froot loops on your front porch! Brainiac said: PM the names with on there names, that means they have mushrooms for sale.
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rodfarva
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Re: Spores101 [Re: Roadkill]
#7478908 - 10/02/07 09:36 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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I just found this on Reuters...
"News alert! war on drugs takes new aim: magic mushroom users. A recent study of online forums sugests that the use of Psilicybin mushrooms increases emotional reactions and drama, especially related to "online pictures." Subjects are said to violently type about the apperance of their hand in photos and exzhibit signs of being internet gang bangers, ready to hit the cyber streets to protect their territory."
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Wonderland420
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Re: Spores101 [Re: rodfarva]
#7479158 - 10/02/07 10:40 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ill sell you a picture
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