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Re:Why your idea for an Internet start-up will not get stolen by GeoffreyHull on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @05:46PM (#2654919)
To test the OP's theory, I just submitted a post with my idea for a new movie app here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2654826

Essentially its an app that allows you to report any disturbances while watching a movie in theaters. I think the idea is solid. I figure there's nothing wrong with a little real-life application of the OP's theory that ideas don't get jacked.

Re:Why your idea for an Internet start-up will not get stolen by geophile on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @05:29PM (#2654847)
Re:Why your idea for an Internet start-up will not get stolen by ianhowlett on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @05:43PM (#2654905)
Perhaps not quite a like-for-like case though, this one looks more like a detailed forensic "open the books" examination, rather than a chat over coffee. I'm sure there are some cases where ideas do get stolen and made successful (a bit of Googling quickly turns up Steve Blank's experience on this), but I think these examples are probably rare enough to make them noteworthy.