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That's not a nice way to say it - but it's true that startups don't have time or money to go through detailed legal clearances. That's for medium size compani
by buescher 2y ago
That's not a nice way to say it - but it's true that startups don't have time or money to go through detailed legal clearances. That's for medium size companies with incumbent advantage, cash, and plenty to lose in a lawsuit.
It's both a liability and an advantage for startups.
- sdoering 2y agoIf you can’t do it legally, you have a choice. Become a criminal. Or just don’t do it. It’s that easy. Because with your rationalization I could argue for any solipsistic behavior.
- nradov 2y agoYou seem to be confused about the legal context. What he described are only potential civil law violations, not criminal. It's a completely different thing. Civil law has a lot of gray areas, especially around novel IP issues.
- buescher 2y agoYeah, also what GP doesn't get is that you can do everything right and with the best intentions, get all the clearances in the world, and still get sued, and still lose. These decisions are about risk preference, and the risk tolerance at a startup is by nature different from that at an established company.
- sdoering 2y agoI get that the world isn’t fair. And that you can get fucked over by someone with deeper pockets. But that doesn’t resolve anyone from the decision and responsibility to honor the societal rules (or use democratic means to change them) or to ignore the law and hope to become to big to fail. In the latter case, I see those as detractors from the overall good.