News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on YC company copied our product, what can we do?. Parent comment

Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? by jacquesm on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:25PM (#37423390)
Marketing copy and sales documentation is also copyrighted.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? by mindcrime on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:25PM (#37425827)
Marketing copy and sales documentation is also copyrighted.

Yes, that's why I said:

Where it starts to get iffy is when you start talking about people literally copying your HTML/CSS or what-not. Is that the case here? If so, call a lawyer.

where "or what-not" is short-hand for the exhaustive list of "things that can be copied" that I had neither the time not the inclination to list out explicitly.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? by jacquesm on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:00PM (#37426839)
Np, think of it as an enhancement, not in opposition. Your point was very valid. And it's exactly that kind of stuff that won me a lawsuit (15 lines of fairly unique Javascript exploiting a long lived bug in Explorer and Netscape to deliver streaming video to the browser without a plug-in).
[ Parent | on HN ]