Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for shouldering the yearbook once again Don don.dory at gmail.com On Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 10:33?AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> wrote: > I?ve turned it back on. The thieves seem to have gone somewhere else. > > Merry Christmas to everyone, and don?t forget to submit to the yearbook. > > http://leica-users.org/yearbook/submitting.html > > On 2025-12-24 21:44, Brian Reid wrote: > > Every time I turn the gallery server on again, it immediately got > > flooded with AI bots stealing images. > > So I have turned it off for the night. It is currently 21:45 > > California time, so it?s going to stay off until my morning. Maybe the > > pirates will turn their attention elsewhere, and maybe they won?t. The > > torrent that arrived most recently was mostly from Russia. > > > > On 2025-12-24 15:32, Brian Reid wrote: > >> There are hundreds of different IPs in use, so blocking them is > >> futile. > >> I turned off the server. We shall see if it goes away. I suspect it > >> will be stubborn. > >> > >> > >> On 2025-12-24 09:56, Christopher Crawford via LUG wrote: > >>> Why don?t you block the IP that the bot is coming from, and if not > >>> possible, shut the server down until it goes away, instead of letting > >>> it steal LUG members? photos? > >>> > >>> Christopher Crawford > >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana > >>> > >>> My Portfolio > >>> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com > >>> > >>> Learn From Me > >>> https://crawfordphotoschool.com > >>> > >>> Watchmaker Chris > >>> https://watchmakerchris.com > >>> > >>>> On Dec 24, 2025, at 12:51?PM, Brian Reid <reid at > >>>> mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Today again the gallery has a heavy load. Today there is an AI bot > >>>> in Brazil that is downloading every image, but it is being nicer > >>>> than was yesterday?s Chinese download, and is using only 20 parallel > >>>> streams. > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >