Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do?

Re:Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do? by dpapathanasiou on Thursday April 26, 2007 @11:47AM (#17009)

Leverage the 53,651 meme to your advantage: contact all the Web 2.0 startup sites (Techcrunch, GigaOm, Webware, etc.) and tell them that her service is a rip-off of your idea.

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Re:Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do? by AF on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:23PM (#17031)

If the original poster has his service out when he does this, it could end up being both very bad PR for her and very good PR for him.

In fact, her ripping off his idea could end up being better publicity than he would've gotten anywhere else.

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Re:Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do? by create_account on Sunday April 29, 2007 @10:13PM (#17994)

Future investors hate the idea of IP conflict like this.

If the accusation is public knowledge, she'll have a difficult time raising a second round.

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Re:Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do? by zaidf on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:08PM (#17024)

That might give her more attention than she'll probably ever get.

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Re:Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do? by dpapathanasiou on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:11PM (#17026)

Maybe, but it won't be the kind she'd want.

Also, there's a possibility those site editors simply avoid mentioning her site at all, which would be just as good for the O.P.

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