Pizzagate.com , a website which claims to be the front page for Pizzagate researchers like you and I, is now attempting to sell information and even graphics which were provided by users from Voat and http://pizzagate.wiki as their own.
While that might not be necessarily be illegal considering the Wiki is public domain, graphics provided by a close friend and a leading contributor to Pizzagate Wiki were expressly given copyright unto their creator, as can be found by the ridiculous Copyright page I actually bothered to fill out myself well over a month ago. See: http://pizzagate.wiki/The_Pizzagate_Wiki:Copyrights
And I quote: "Content provided on The #Pizzagate Wiki is public domain, except for various site-specific logos and graphics, which remain under the copyright of their respective creators."
Now I present to you the artfully, brilliantly crafted Pizzagate Wiki banners and works made for us by beloved contributor, Sliceoflife: http://pizzagate.wiki/images/8/8a/Banner-pizzagate-wiki.png
As well as their series of "Pamphlets" which will soon look very familiar: http://pizzagate.wiki/Activism#Pamphlets
In contrast here are a set of "posters" which are offered on Pizzagate.com as being original (albeit very crudely manipulated): http://pizzagate.com/posters/ https://archive.is/JXz1c
The Wiki's freely available information is frequently quoted and prominently displayed, for example here: https://archive.is/Tfrk8#selection-1363.0-1449.30 and here: https://archive.is/Tfrk8#selection-1363.0-1449.30
There is also no argument that a bulk, if not almost all the Instagram images and the like belong to their respective owners as well, even if we dislike them personally. Also, that research was absolutely and completely taken (often word for word) from early researchers on 4chan, 8ch, Reddit, etc. who are not given even the slightest mention. Their research remains publicly available for free, and pizzagate.com does not in any way expound upon this research in a new way or represent it to the reader in a different medium that hasn't already been done freely (ie. https://citizeninvestigators.org, https://our.wikileaks.org, and of course, http://pizzagate.wiki))
The owners of this site have repeatedly asked for sums from $2,500 to $12,500 in order to "recover the cost" of the website, and it is currently available on Flippa.com for a minimum bid of $12,500: https://flippa.com/7906106-pizzagate-com (For the record, you scummy fucks: https://archive.is/FCGHH))
As for the claim of recovering the cost, I personally (coincidentally enough) tried to purchase pizzagate.com myself just before settling on pizzagate.wiki
I didn't make this decision because pizzagate.com was thousands of dollars, but rather more like a difference between $30 and $50, plus to me Wiki just made more sense for a Wiki. This was via GoDaddy, and in absolutely no way would the price of a domain spike in such a manner unless the creators of pizzagate.com were scammed.
For this reason I claim not only does pizzagate.com commit unethical and possibly civilly-liable behavior for attempting to profit from this material, but in some cases (ie. the posters) may actually infringe upon the copyrights of others in the name of said profit.
Here's to every serious researcher who has conducted their work without need for self-gain and most importantly fortune, and do their work intrepidly and without regard for profits.
update: /v/pizzagate mod Millenial_Falcon: "He also took most of his material directly from my summary without attribution."
From /v/pizzagate mod wecanhelp:
@pizzagateDOTcom, the owner of pizzagate.com
- admittedly based pizzagate.com on @Millennial_Falcon's summary sticky;
- claimed that they don't trust anybody for owning the domain other than Donald J. Trump, then proceeded with the auction hoping to sell to the highest bidder whomever that may be;
- claimed that their sole purpose was to get their initial investment of $2500 back and abandon ship as fast as possible, before they specified $12,500 as the smallest bid increment on the domain auction;
- deleted each and every comment on the auction page.
Pizzagate.com is not considered trusted on this subverse anymore, and will be marked as a security risk whenever it comes up. Please ping me or another mod if you see the link posted somewhere.
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wecanhelp ago
I'm flairing this as IMPORTANT because pizzagate.com has essentially been acting as an official page for raising awareness of Pizzagate, and has enjoyed many users' trust, especially right before the inauguration, before caught in the demonstrated profiteering effort.
I'd also like to add a few sources of interest to the story.
@pizzagateDOTcom, the owner of pizzagate.com
Pizzagate.com is not considered trusted on this subverse anymore, and will be marked as a security risk whenever it comes up. Please ping me or another mod if you see the link posted somewhere.
Edit: @altnewshost, @AngryTurd, @boxingHelenahhh, @breakdancerbb, @communityleader, @concernedMother, @cumwithme, @deltaniner, @dominoesonpizza, @downwithcomet, @fearisnotanoption, @FREESYRIA, @GarlifieldsFriend, @getOFFmyKID, @greatperson, @hitlerdidnothing, @Im-with-him, @JesusWillSaveUs, @OnMyRag, @realjustice, @rodeoclown, @seriousDude, @SGTsteve, @stickit, @suicideWatch, @SweetBBQguy, @WhiteNigger, @wizeman, and possibly more are all accounts just a few hours old, registered exclusively to comment aggressively on this topic, and they seem to all be heavily pushing the agenda of a lawsuit against pizzagateDOTcom. This is most accounts in this comment thread. See my observations of downwithcomet. I'm suspecting that this is both to discourage sharing the results of investigation on the web in the future, and to hijack the focus and resources of the community and make us invest in a lawsuit that has nothing to do with the original investigation, potentially providing grounds for the media to smear us for it.
I've banned the users from the subverse.
Fateswebb ago
When I link people to pizzagate I sure don't link them to that dot com site, I link to the executive summary thread on here and it's my opinion that thats what we all should be doing. I don't trust that site, and even if it's good info there, this is where people should be pointed in my opinion, or maybe find a good video and show them that...
RebelSkum ago
Thank you for the support! Too much good work has been done by others to be sold off in a scam.