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Amix, I feel for you, man. This is really awful to wake up and see. China has totally different laws though -- do you know if this kind of copying is legal t
by eob 17y ago
Amix,
I feel for you, man. This is really awful to wake up and see.
China has totally different laws though -- do you know if this kind of copying is legal there? I have a number of friends who have told me that the whole web startup scene in Beijing is totally different than the US because the rules of the market are completely different over there (rampant copying, theft, DDOS attacks among competitors, etc). One example of this I've heard is that game developers have to give away their games for free and then rely on in-game purchases to make money, because there's no chance of actually selling software upfront.
What are your thoughts?
Best of luck fighting this -- hopefully this will just be a funny war story in a few months time.
- amix 17y agoI can't disclose much on the legal aspects, since I might say something stupid. A few months from now I hope the war story will be similar to David vs. Goliath, because that is our current situation - i.e. we are fighting vs. a billion dollar mega corp that has stolen most of our ideas and code and uses their power to come in a market where we are banned [China].