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Author Topic: Is there a definitive IP range for PICSCOUT - i want to kill the spider!  (Read 46788 times)

jbigfoot

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You're welcome.

Getty hasn't accused me of using the images of the ribbons/medals against their license. This was a precautionary step I took, of 'sterilizing' all my web sites to make sure that not a single questionable image remained that they could possibly come back and send me another round of extortion letters.

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With your sterilization make sure you check the wayback machine and make sure nothing is on that site and if so remove it.
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Good idea. I just sent an e-mail to archive.org asking them to remove all of my pages.

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Re: Is there a definitive IP range for PICSCOUT - i want to kill the spider!
« Reply #33 on: August 06, 2013, 05:01:21 PM »
Another day, another Getty Images "data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction" IP range. Consolidated prior numbers, and added Greg's Picscout range.

Bezeq International
31.168.0.0-31.168.255.255
62.219.0.0-62.219.255.255
79.176.0.0-79.183.255.255
81.218.0.0-81.218-255.255
82.80.0.0-82.81.255.255
84.108.0.0-84.111.255.255
85.130.128.0-85.130.255.255
109.64.0.0-109.67.255.255
192.114.64.0-192.114.79.255
212.5.64.0-212.25.127.255
212.179.0.0-212.179.255.255
217.22.112.0-217.22.127.255

Picscout
62.0.8.0-62.0.8.255
72.26.192.0-72.26.223.255

Laugh for the day.
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/gettylive/dm/gbr/TermsConditions_pc.html
"You are specifically prohibited from: (a) downloading, copying, or re-transmitting any or all of the Site or the Getty Images Content without, or in violation of, a written licence or agreement with Getty Images; (b) using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods;"
"Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable communications regulations and statutes."

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Re: Is there a definitive IP range for PICSCOUT - i want to kill the spider!
« Reply #34 on: August 06, 2013, 06:06:43 PM »
That is a good quote and I have added it to my information.  Thanks!  Also we should thank Lucia and Robert for this information.
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Re: Is there a definitive IP range for PICSCOUT - i want to kill the spider!
« Reply #35 on: August 07, 2013, 04:12:37 PM »
Seems like a bit of a double standard from them - yet AGAIN.

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Re: Is there a definitive IP range for PICSCOUT - i want to kill the spider!
« Reply #36 on: August 08, 2013, 02:00:19 AM »
Yes, maybe this qualifies for a #gettyflubs tag as it might help someone in the future.
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Re: Is there a definitive IP range for PICSCOUT - i want to kill the spider!
« Reply #37 on: August 08, 2013, 05:00:13 PM »

Laugh for the day.
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/gettylive/dm/gbr/TermsConditions_pc.html
"You are specifically prohibited from: (a) downloading, copying, or re-transmitting any or all of the Site or the Getty Images Content without, or in violation of, a written licence or agreement with Getty Images; (b) using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods;"
"Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable communications regulations and statutes."

Methinks the pot just called the kettle black.

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Re: Is there a definitive IP range for PICSCOUT - i want to kill the spider!
« Reply #38 on: August 07, 2016, 02:12:47 PM »
I know this topic is old, but it seems very appropriate for the task. Also I should say I haven't tested this, I just want to point out this analysis contains details about the bot:
https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/627-A-Victory-for-Fair-Use.html

See section Automated Filing, where the author shows logs from picscout. The referrer string can be used to serve it another page. It was (is?) a particular referrer:
http://ops.picscout.com/QcApp/Classification/Index/["case number"]

 

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