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1) I'm not familiar with intellectual property law and I'm curious: Can Clinkle's lawyers do anything to prevent such information from being published? 2) My i
by volume 13y ago
1) I'm not familiar with intellectual property law and I'm curious: Can Clinkle's lawyers do anything to prevent such information from being published?
2) My inner conspiracy theorist says this is a clever posting from someone internal to Clinkle as a PR stunt.
- svstealth 13y ago1) it was on the Google Play Store ... 'nuff said 2) why would they make fun of the stitched wallet leather look and the key used to unlock the wallet?
- burgreblast 13y ago3) Could someone nonplussed with the app, and wondering if hype was telling or misplaced. Seems reasonable to perform an iFixit style teardown, and see if there's any there there.
- 616c 13y agoThey could; Shazaam did something very similar. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5723863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5723863
- huhtenberg 13y ago> 2) a PR stunt Came here to say just this. This looks very much like an astro-turfing post.
- 21echoes 13y agoi don't think astroturfing posts are typically this negative..
- huhtenberg 13y agoIt'd be a better way to astroturf actually. The goal of such post would be to merely put the company on a map and get people talking about it. Just set in a mood for now - it's something grand, mysterious and ambitious, if a bit half-baked (but that's just at the moment, that's why they are in "stealth" mode after all). The praise singing chorus will step in later.