Discussion and opinions regarding the current dispute between flightsim.to and 3rd party MSFS content developers over copyright issues. I suspect that this topic will get taken down quite soon depending on the anticipated comments some people might make, so please be civil. I have my own opinions …

Please don’t start getting personal as it’s only meant to be a light hearted opinion.

Please don’t start getting personal.

Contrary to their promises and the many warnings (“will be irrevocably deleted”) when deleting an add-on from flightsim.to, the files remain on their server until now and can still be downloaded. Even if the creator has already received the notification from their system or admin about the final del…

Are you perhaps referring to this message: [image] That message is old. When I go to my Uploads, I see nothing now. @QuickMantis6690 Can you lay out the procedure for gaining access to files of mine they say they deleted but didn’t?

Not being a creator and requested file deletion I am not really in a position to comment much on this. However, if true, I would say that this is good enough reason at the moment to keep this thread live despite occasional calls to the contrary.

Is this what you wanted to see? [grafik]

You’ve trimmed out all the relevant stuff, like URL’s, and the actual procedure, but yes. :slight_smile: That is the only addon I uploaded. Interesting…

Oh Sir. I’m so sorry, here we go again including the URL: [grafik] And the download link is the usal one, which is protected for direkt access (as in non deleted files, too): alpha.flightsim.to/uploads/0020/sws-kodiak-no-trimwheel-sound_TO1YL.zip

I think the key bit is here: [image] The link takes you to the “shell” of the upload, it’s meta data if you will. And the other link is forbidden. In other words, its deleted. Unless anyone can provide a link that leads to a ZIP file on their disk, I would consider this deleted. Not the cleane…

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QuickMantis6690 March 9, 2023, 10:07am 400

Is this what you wanted to see?