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What is your exact definition of "design copyright"? And keep in mind, repl.it explicitly does not have any patents (which would be the actual way for protecti

What is your exact definition of "design copyright"? And keep in mind, repl.it explicitly does not have any patents (which would be the actual way for protecting an idea or design in the way you're thinking) for anything they have done.

stale2002 5y ago
I am not referencing a specific law. I am talking about intelectual property laws in general. Surely people should be able to see how if you work at a company, and then release a product that copies what that other companies does, and you build something in such a way as it looks very similar to that other product, then there is a pretty big risk of running into intellectual property law or any number of legal issues. This is a broad category of laws, where you could run into numerous issues. That should be pretty clear.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  And I'm asking you to specify exactly which laws you think this runs afoul of. You can't just handwave "copyright laws" away. Especially since there are no patents which protect the exact thing you're talking about. There is no such thing as "design copyright" other than actual, specific designs (fashion designs, specific graphics copy) that are copied. Ideas and software architectural designs are covered by patents. Something replit explicitly does not do.
  - stale2002 5y ago
    > I'm asking you to specify exactly which laws There are a whole lot of laws related to intellectual property, employment, and contracts. It is a very wide field. When talking about this kind of stuff, most people have not memorized the exact line number, in the exact paragraph, of laws that cover all sorts of things. We are talking about hundreds or thousands of pages of law here. There is a lot to cover. But the point is that there are a lot of laws, related to all of that. And it is should be pretty clear how there is a risk to run afoul of something having to do with intellectual property, contracts, or the like, if you do something similar to what this kid did.
    - mynameisvlad 5y ago
      > There are a lot of laws, related to all of that. Which are you referring to? Explicitly. As in, cite the USCC or similar statutes. You have failed to do this when explicitly asked twice now. If you don't know, then don't pretend there's some IP boogeyman and then handwave it away when people ask for sources. You're the one claiming they're running afoul of "IP laws" so I'm sure you should also be able to say exactly which laws he's running afoul of, right? It is in fact not clear which IP laws you're referring to, especially when the ones meant to protect this very thing are not being used by replit.
      - stale2002 5y ago
        > As in, cite the USCC or similar statutes. There are thousands and thousands of pages and case law covering all sorts of these types of laws. I am referencing this stuff in general. When talking about IP or employment law, or any of this stuff, in general, basically nobody is going to be able to quote an exact line number, because of just how many pages in all sorts of laws, that this stuff covers. Once again, I am talking about all of this stuff in general. Surely you should be able to see how there is some risk involved in this kind of stuff.
        mynameisvlad 5y ago
        So you don't know which exact laws they're breaking. Thanks for confirming that at least.
        stale2002 5y ago
        My statement was that there was a risk of them running afoul of a bunch of these laws. Not sure why you are trying so hard to straw man me on these statements. Quite clearly there is a significant risk in running afoul of something, if you work at a company, leave, and build a project that does the same thing, and also looks very similar to it. That was my original statement. And it seems pretty clear that there would be some risk in this. Not sure why you have to be an asshole about a pretty obvious statement here. But since you aren't actually addressing this statement directly, and have to go off on some tangent, that I never brought up, I can only assume you agree with my original statement.

stale2002 5y ago

I am not referencing a specific law. I am talking about intelectual property laws in general. Surely people should be able to see how if you work at a company, and then release a product that copies what that other companies does, and you build something in such a way as it looks very similar to that other product, then there is a pretty big risk of running into intellectual property law or any number of legal issues. This is a broad category of laws, where you could run into numerous issues. That should be pretty clear.

mynameisvlad 5y ago
And I'm asking you to specify exactly which laws you think this runs afoul of. You can't just handwave "copyright laws" away. Especially since there are no patents which protect the exact thing you're talking about. There is no such thing as "design copyright" other than actual, specific designs (fashion designs, specific graphics copy) that are copied. Ideas and software architectural designs are covered by patents. Something replit explicitly does not do.
- stale2002 5y ago
  > I'm asking you to specify exactly which laws There are a whole lot of laws related to intellectual property, employment, and contracts. It is a very wide field. When talking about this kind of stuff, most people have not memorized the exact line number, in the exact paragraph, of laws that cover all sorts of things. We are talking about hundreds or thousands of pages of law here. There is a lot to cover. But the point is that there are a lot of laws, related to all of that. And it is should be pretty clear how there is a risk to run afoul of something having to do with intellectual property, contracts, or the like, if you do something similar to what this kid did.
  - mynameisvlad 5y ago
    > There are a lot of laws, related to all of that. Which are you referring to? Explicitly. As in, cite the USCC or similar statutes. You have failed to do this when explicitly asked twice now. If you don't know, then don't pretend there's some IP boogeyman and then handwave it away when people ask for sources. You're the one claiming they're running afoul of "IP laws" so I'm sure you should also be able to say exactly which laws he's running afoul of, right? It is in fact not clear which IP laws you're referring to, especially when the ones meant to protect this very thing are not being used by replit.
    - stale2002 5y ago
      > As in, cite the USCC or similar statutes. There are thousands and thousands of pages and case law covering all sorts of these types of laws. I am referencing this stuff in general. When talking about IP or employment law, or any of this stuff, in general, basically nobody is going to be able to quote an exact line number, because of just how many pages in all sorts of laws, that this stuff covers. Once again, I am talking about all of this stuff in general. Surely you should be able to see how there is some risk involved in this kind of stuff.
      - mynameisvlad 5y ago
        So you don't know which exact laws they're breaking. Thanks for confirming that at least.
        stale2002 5y ago
        My statement was that there was a risk of them running afoul of a bunch of these laws. Not sure why you are trying so hard to straw man me on these statements. Quite clearly there is a significant risk in running afoul of something, if you work at a company, leave, and build a project that does the same thing, and also looks very similar to it. That was my original statement. And it seems pretty clear that there would be some risk in this. Not sure why you have to be an asshole about a pretty obvious statement here. But since you aren't actually addressing this statement directly, and have to go off on some tangent, that I never brought up, I can only assume you agree with my original statement.