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They "probably" had your idea in the back of their mind for 10 days, and didn't remember that? Document their timeline, versus the timeline you made and contin
by ksaj 3y ago
They "probably" had your idea in the back of their mind for 10 days, and didn't remember that?
Document their timeline, versus the timeline you made and continue to make your updates.
Is there a feature you could add? Like muting the sped up ads? If you can demonstrate an "echo" of features, that'll go a long ways to proving your position.
But can you do anything about it? Not really, unless you hire a lawyer in their jurisdiction.
I had this problem back in Y2K when someone was stealing my work and not attributing it to me. They even stole the history portion, and simply cut/replaced with their name, using the exact same wording. But all I could do was annoy the hell out of them until they stopped. I actually found the customer they were dealing it off to, and informed them, using the wayback machine to prove that everything in their docs was actually my material. That finally put an end to their shenanigans.
- rKarpinski 3y ago> They "probably" had your idea in the back of their mind for 10 days, and didn't remember that? That was just a cheeky response they gave me after I reached out on Sunday (8 days after my post). > Document their timeline, versus the timeline you made and continue to make your updates. They first posted theirs 4 days after my Show HN which went viral on r/webdev. I assumed they had just come to it on their own and I didn't realize they had seen & commented on my work until Sunday (8 days after the Show HN). I mention this in the referenced post https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator/blob/main/lessons_post.md https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator/blob/main/lessons_pos... >Is there a feature you could add? Like muting the sped up ads? Muting the ads was in the original. But in terms of another feature another member of the community contributed a PR that adds support for Hulu.
- ksaj 3y agoI wonder if there's another site, video streaming or otherwise, that could benefit from this sped-up ad treatment. You can outcompete with power features (which is the Linux vs Windows tactic), and watch for them to suddenly get something similar in the back of their minds again. It's unfortunate, but literally without a fully fledged legal department, your options are at street level only.
- corn-dog 3y agoNo. They can’t do anything, because they are a liar, I have shared my side of the story, all my code. But speaking of legal action. I think of the terms: slander, libel, defamation, misleading and false accusations, and harassment.