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Re:Ask HN: Small web site owners, how do you deal with the G... by icedchai on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:16PM (#16960386)
I recommend doing absolutely nothing. Nobody is going to come after your obscure personal site.
Re:Ask HN: Small web site owners, how do you deal with the G... by nils-m-holm on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:19PM (#16960408)
In Germany, there are lots of shady lawyers that will scrape the net and come after everyone from whom they an extract a few hundred euros. Sending dubious C&D's is a viable business model in Germany.
Re:Ask HN: Small web site owners, how do you deal with the G... by icedchai on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:26PM (#16963714)
Is it enforceable? If you get a letter in the mail, throw it in the garbage. They'll move on to easier prey.
Re:Ask HN: Small web site owners, how do you deal with the G... by nils-m-holm on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @05:01AM (#16965492)
It is enforceable. I know a few people who have been in court over things like this.