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Ask HN: How to deal with blatant copyright infringement?
Say you developed some website/service and someone literally stripped your frontend/UI code and just replaced logos/theme colors.
Is that enforceable to protect or is this something like "Just happens, build new features to stay on top of copying"
Didn't happen to me(yet), there was a job that I backed out of after it was clear this was the intent "copy this site, replace their logo with my logo, change from red to blue, etc..."
- sharemywin 9y agoA “computer program” is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result. Copyright protection extends to all the copyrightable expression embodied in the computer program. Copyright protection is not available for ideas, program logic, algorithms, systems, methods, concepts, or layouts. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ61.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ61.pdf
- sharemywin 9y agothe comments in your code are more copyright-able than most code.
- davelnewton 9y agoHey I said that two years ago. Prior art. See ya' in court, bud!
- ge96 9y agoSo... if you viewed source, stripped that, replaced Title/etc... no problem? How is that true? Copyright protection is not available for... PROGRAM LOGIC/ALGORITHMS ... I could just steal snapchat's face wire mesh mapping thing and call it my own? Maybe copyright is the wrong word?