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The linked article doesn't include any useful details. For example, was the cloned content open-source? If so, and if the originator's copyright notice was carr
by lutusp 13y ago
The linked article doesn't include any useful details. For example, was the cloned content open-source? If so, and if the originator's copyright notice was carried forward, the author loses the right to complain.
If not the above, if the cloned content was unprotected and similar to other products designed for the same purpose, the clone can be defended as a form obvious to a practitioner of the art -- this argument goes that it's difficult to avoid similarities, like two simple mousetraps that resemble one another for reasons other than deliberate copying.
But as I said above, the article only complains, without offering any relevant details.
- mkrecny 13y agoI'm not claiming that the cloners were doing anything illegal. I'm just conveying what it's like emotionally to have people deeply copy your work.
- lutusp 13y agoFair enough. I've been in your position any number of times, so I can empathize. Still, in the article you might have mentioned that what happened didn't break formal rules, only trust.