Uno: Fully Articulated "We are created from music, photography, literature and the almighty source code."

Seeing Red

How can we go on with our lives if everytime I post a picture here I am afraid someone will steal or vandalize it? eL and her fellow vigilantes are reporting new Friendster links everyday, all of them owned by Filipinos. What does that tell us?

More sites with unauthorized photos reported by eL, Mistula’s virtual bouncer:
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=5342662
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=11274101
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=5717069 (With Tangled Web)
http://www.friendster.com/useropen.php?uid=13082796 (With Illness Illusion)

Yet another Friendster thief reported by May:
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=24212992

Somehow we feel responsible for all the pictures stolen from the sites linked to us, like Tangled Web, Illness Illusion and Kiriko’s Lantern Lost. We promise to do everything we can for these photos to be properly credited or taken down. And we apologize for our fellow Filipinos; I am disheartened to discover that most of us are not responsible and considerate Internet users.

I wish my next post will not contain more illegal Friendster links. I am sure these offensive sites sadden our friends, who want to see more of us in happier situations. PLEASE STOP STEALING NOW. Or I will be convinced that I was wrong in sharing ourselves with you.

Again, a reminder to all those who have taken our photos without our authorization:
TO LINK OUR PHOTOS BACK TO MISTULA OR FULLY ARTICULATED FROM YOUR FRIENDSTER OR PERSONAL WEBSITE, please copy and paste this HTML code on the page where the pictures are posted.
Photos courtesy of <a href="http://www.mistula.com"target="_blank">Mistula</a> and <a href="http://www.mistula.com/uno"target="_blank">Fully Articulated</a>. Please click the links to find out more about the world’s first and only Filipino virtual rock band.

The Internet Crime Vigilantes

Mistula, being an Internet-based rock band, is always prey to web miscreants, who in colloquial Filipino may be also be termed as jologs. These offenders, who are mostly found in free websites such as Friendster, Tabulas and Piczo, have made it a habit to loot our websites despite our copyright warning and proceed to slaphappily mislabel, deface or plagiarize our photos. The Internet would’ve been littered with our vandalized faces if not for eL and Lilith, safeguards of cyber-righteousness and proper netiquette. eL and Lilith are always first to spring into vengeful action whenever an atrocity is committed online. Both are web professionals, and luckily for Mistula, both are on our side.

The Avenging eL has recently reported more illicit Mistula sites from Friendster:
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=10949315
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=21193863
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=24644707
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=10017792
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=11611346
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=15269633

Additional links reported by Jazelle, Nina and Trident Guardian:
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=22615908
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=8087997 (With Tangled Web)
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=16958468 (With Kiriko Moth’s August)

If you own a personal website and post photos online, you might want to look into Friendster and similar free sites. Your work might also have been plagiarized. To the owners of these Friendster accounts, we request, very simply, that you please link back to Mistula and give credit where it’s due. For inquiries, please send an email to webmessiah@mistula.com.

TO LINK OUR PHOTOS BACK TO MISTULA OR FULLY ARTICULATED FROM YOUR FRIENDSTER OR PERSONAL WEBSITE, please copy and paste this HTML code on the page where the pictures are posted.
Photos courtesy of <a href="http://www.mistula.com"target="_blank">Mistula</a> and <a href="http://www.mistula.com/uno"target="_blank">Fully Articulated</a>. Please click the links to find out more about the world’s first and only Filipino virtual rock band.

This code does not apply to the kind people who have emailed us for permission before using our photos and properly linked us back on their websites.

We salute you, Internet Crime Vigilantes, for making the world wide web a safer, better place!

Disruption of Peace

Is THIS what I get for sharing my stories with you?

Upon numerous requests from friends, the owner of the site (to whom Uno’s previous statement is directed) has taken down the derogatory photo. In behalf of Uno and the rest of Mistula, I would all like to thank all of those who have eagerly helped us get our message across. I also thank the owner of the aforesaid site for heeding our requests.

-Joey