cdbaby.com was on ws. I've whitelisted it along with a couple others:
cdbaby.com hostbaby.com hitmedia.com
This site claims to be the largest seller of independent musician CDs on the web:
* In business, and thriving, since March 1998. We're thelargest seller of independent CDs on the web.
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Current Numbers:
* 69,591 artists sell their CD at CD Baby. * 1,129,709 CDs sold online to customers. * $9,041,358.43 paid to artists.CD Baby Privacy Policy
* We NEVER give or sell your personal info to any othercompany - EVER! (No not even your email address!) * Only the musician whose CD you buy will know who you are. * If you don't even want the musician to know about you, just say so at the bottom of your order form.
There's no way this domain should ever have been listed, even if one of the artists using it DID spam.
ws folks please trace this one back. We don't want more like this.
Is anyone researching these before they get added? Even a cursory glance at their web page would show them to probably be legitimate.
We really need to try to eliminate FPs or they will hurt the project.
Jeff C.
Jeff Chan wrote to SURBL Discuss:
cdbaby.com was on ws. I've whitelisted it along with a couple others:
cdbaby.com hostbaby.com hitmedia.com
This site claims to be the largest seller of independent musician CDs on the web:
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There's no way this domain should ever have been listed, even if one of the artists using it DID spam.
ws folks please trace this one back. We don't want more like this.
I'll take the rap for cdbaby.com. I submitted it to Chris in my very first ("proof-of-concept") list in June, so (I hope) we both looked at it before it actually made it into ws.
Is anyone researching these before they get added?
Yes! I carefully hand-check everything (yes, everything) in numerous sources (including the web site itself), and quickly weed out anything I have the slightest doubt about. I made a fairly obvious blunder with cdbaby.com (though they must have appeared extra spammy!). Thanks for spotting it, Jeff! I know I'll be able to recognize things like this. I'll be extra vigilant, now.
Even a cursory glance at their web page would show them to probably be legitimate.
We really need to try to eliminate FPs or they will hurt the project.
Agreed, on both points. Although, in the past, I've been accused of being a really sophisticated Perl subroutine, I *am* quite human. It's always fun to play games, though. One of my employees wanted to show me the df(1) output from a server he was working on, so he typed in "df -h". I made a face, and muttered something about the funny output. He said, of course, "oh yeah. That flag is for human readable output". I immediately retorted, "well, I'm not human". People from the next hallway over heard him and wanted to know what was so funny.
But I digress. What I'm saying is, the more humans looking at these domains, the better.
- Ryan
On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, 8:36:24 PM, Ryan Thompson wrote:
I'll take the rap for cdbaby.com. I submitted it to Chris in my very first ("proof-of-concept") list in June, so (I hope) we both looked at it before it actually made it into ws.
Thanks Ryan. Could I ask you guys to perhaps go back and re-review that early list, if you guys haven't already?
BTW I didn't spot cdbaby.com. It was reported by someone else who wanted to be anonymous.
I've been accused of being a really sophisticated Perl subroutine, I *am* quite human.
LOL back about 15 years ago people thought I was a machine too for some speedy list administration.
But I digress. What I'm saying is, the more humans looking at these domains, the better.
Definitely. Let's try not to let these kinds of sites slip in.
Jeff C.
Jeff Chan wrote to SURBL Discuss:
Thanks Ryan. Could I ask you guys to perhaps go back and re-review that early list, if you guys haven't already?
I started going through it right after I saw your message about the FP. :-)
- Ryan
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