The course was pirated on day one.

sheikhulislamov
sheikhulislamov Posts: 2 observer rank
in First-time course creation

My course was published about 20 hours ago, and no students have enrolled yet. However, I’ve already noticed that it has been pirated and uploaded to at least three platforms online (mostly paid file-sharing websites). How is this even possible?

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  • ManishNadar267
    ManishNadar267 Posts: 11 researcher rank

    Oh what is the name of these pirated platforms?

  • RonErez
    RonErez Posts: 202 storyteller rank

    This is insane. I’m sorry to hear this.

  • sheikhulislamov
    sheikhulislamov Posts: 2 observer rank

    Here the sites:

    1) https://avxhm.se/ebooks/mastering-renpy-create-visual-novels-like-a-pro.html (not accessible now)

    2) https://sanet.st/blogs/bonnytuts/mastering_renpy_create_visual_novels_like_a_pro.5037486.html (still accessible)

  • Human-Science
    Human-Science Posts: 249 specialist rank
    edited January 22

    @sheikhulislamov

    I think there are only two possibilities if you have no students.

    1. There is a technical way to access a course that bypasses the payment wall: perhaps a piracy browser software app that can access videos direct from the Udemy server.
      OR
    2. Someone has access to your videos. That means one of your friends/associates OR someone who works for Udemy or manages their CDN with access to lectures.

    Perhaps an instructor with software knowledge will contribute to this thread an indicate whether bypassing paywall is technically possible.

  • PhillipBurton
    PhillipBurton Posts: 418 visionary rank

    Hi @sheikhulislamov ,

    I'm not sure that the second site has actually published your course.

    It may be that they have downloaded the metadata (such as title, duration, description).

    The "Homepage" link leads to your Udemy page.

    If you click on the "captcha", then it leads elsewhere than to a captcha.

    There are also many links to what Norton calls "dangerous webpages".

    The screenshots are taken (I think) from your sample videos.

    Overall, it is an advertising page, so they can use it to lure people to the page, but I don't know that they have actually downloaded your course. Of course, I could be wrong about that.

    Phillip

  • Jean-Paul
    Jean-Paul Posts: 4 researcher rank
    edited January 22

    Hi @Human-Science

    It's also possible that Sheik's Udemy credentials (or even their computer) has been compromised. It's certainly worth changing the Udemy password straight away. @PhillipBurton's comment is interesting, maybe nothing untoward has transpired.

  • ElianaC
    ElianaC Posts: 5,573 Udemy rank

    Hi @sheikhulislamov I'm sorry to hear that your course was pirated. As @PhillipBurton mentioned, it seems they used the information from the course landing page to add it to this website, as it doesn't redirect you to the actual content. However, please report it directly by completing our piracy reporting form. Upon completion of the form, our new anti-piracy vendor will process the request within one week of submission and have the infringing links removed from major search engines. 

    The Piracy Detection Program will continue to proactively monitor top courses and take those courses down from major search engines. For any instances of infringement on the Udemy platform, please continue to fill out the copyright takedown notice form.

    If you have any additional questions, I recommend reaching out to piracy@udemy.com. The team will be more than happy to assist you.

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