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I meant HN as a startup scene. If you are selling software product and all means of fighting with unauthorized redistribution are taken away from you then you
by jarek-foksa 15y ago
I meant HN as a startup scene.
If you are selling software product and all means of fighting with unauthorized redistribution are taken away from you then you are screwed. That's all I have to say.
- simonbrown 15y agoMost Y Combinator type starts I've seen are webapps, which can't exactly be pirated.
- slowpoke 15y ago> If you are selling software product Well then, there is your problem. Your business model does no longer work (or rather, is slowly but inevitably failing) - you cannot force people to pay for the distribution of infinitely copyable data, and neither can you ultimately force them to pay you to use it. My question is: How exactly does this entitle you to demand laws to save your business model? You could apply the very same argument you are using against Free Software (the libre kind), which is still nonsense. Besides, generations of industries have been put out of business by technical advancements. I don't see why the software industry (or any digital media industry, for that matter) should be the first to have a special exception just because they whine loud enough. How about you stop complaining about inevitable progress and instead try to find new ways to make ends meet? Adapt or face being made obsolete - it's that simple, really.