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"Clone a successful US company before it got to the European market." This is really a different case though. The German VC is saying: "Food delivery is worki
by sonnyblarney 8y ago
"Clone a successful US company before it got to the European market."
This is really a different case though.
The German VC is saying: "Food delivery is working in the US, they've validated the model + EU VC's will now get behind that, so 'do that like they are'.
They are more or less competing, not exactly cloning.
Copying API's is a whole other level.
Literally copying docs etc. is another level.
The thing is - the small company may have some power here. The bigger company does not want an ugly, permanent lawsuit hanging over them. With the screen-scraping and blatant copying, it's going to make it seem, at least popularly bad, and possibly add emotive impetus to a judge. The copier cannot say with a straight face that they were not copying to a judge.
- upstandingdude 8y agoNO! Rocket Internet is known and have been busted for straight up copying even website source code, layout, everything. As in the source of the HTML is identical, just the color scheme changed. They are criminals make no mistake, learn how they got their riches, by scamming teenagers with ringtones.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoYes, Rocket copies very specifically, but that does not invalidate my point. Germany VC's will still very rationally imply what I wrote above. If Rocket is behind this, well, they might have laid a bridge too far.