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A comment on Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Products, Shuts Down. Parent comment

Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by sillysaurus3 on Friday June 09, 2017 @09:14PM (#14525688)
So it's okay to mimic stores, down to riding on their trademark?

It's probably best to think of "What if someone cloned my favorite game and called it a slightly different name?" People had big problems with what Zynga was doing.

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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by icebraining on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:28AM (#14526385)
When they don't exist in the country, yes. Likewise, if my favorite game had georestrictions prevents its sale in some countries, I'd have no problem with Zynga selling clones for those countries.
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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by sillysaurus3 on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:56AM (#14526428)
So make your own game, with your own name. Make your own store with its own name. Don't try to tread on the name of others. It's unethical.
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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by icebraining on Saturday June 10, 2017 @03:07AM (#14526456)
Claiming that actions are unethical without providing any argument is unethical.
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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by ribosometronome on Saturday June 10, 2017 @05:30PM (#14529289)
When you clone a game, the original game makes no profit. Pirate Joe's gave TJ's full profit.
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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by anigbrowl on Friday June 09, 2017 @11:08PM (#14525954)
Yeah I'm not buying these arguments either.
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