So, YC backs startup clones now?

Posted by shoxxx on Thursday June 09, 2016 @06:02PM
from the self-post dept.

We've been noticing Backpackbang is scraping our entire site, daily + linking to all our images.

Also, they ripped off the exact design of the explore page design. Nice.

We've seen clones before, but pretty crazy to see this from a YC-backed company. Disappointing.

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Re:So, YC backs startup clones now? by raooll on Thursday June 09, 2016 @11:51PM (#11874178)

Maybe you should add watermark to your images & start blocking their scrappers for now.

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Re:So, YC backs startup clones now? by shoxxx on Friday June 10, 2016 @09:57AM (#11876338)

Done. They'll probably just start saving the images, but at least there's a 404 for now.

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Re:So, YC backs startup clones now? by masonic on Thursday June 09, 2016 @06:12PM (#11872770)

The traditional debate in accounting is "Make, or Buy?"

Theft is cheaper than either.

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