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Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by readme on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:07PM (#5165815)
Hey, if we have execute of JS on all those clients, why not REDIRECT them to your site? Free traffic. All relevant.
Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by fnordfnordfnord on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:19PM (#5165913)
Wait, they've not merely copied his js, they're having him host it too? Oh exploitable. Figure out to make it benefit you. I'd have a hard time resisting the urge to play some mischief though.
Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by sp332 on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:30PM (#5165990)
No, at least the one I looked at didn't. But if they're just copy-pasting, he could add a domain check (or IP address check) and make it behave differently.

Edit: apparently some of them are! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5165238

Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by mtrimpe on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:15PM (#5165885)
I'm generally against all forms of intentional defamation, but I must admit that this option is very tempting...

Are there any lawyers here that could weigh in on the legality of this?

Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by honzzz on Monday February 04, 2013 @02:51PM (#5166612)
And I would be especially interested in this site: http://www.creativegerms.com/about

I don't see any similarity at all (except for maybe some basic stuff that can be found on many websites) and including them into that "ripping off" article could be perceived as defamation. Did they just quickly switched to different design?

Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by samuellevy on Monday February 04, 2013 @05:05PM (#5167474)
That one was a bit odd in my mind, too. Maybe it re-uses some code or something?

I can't find a cached version of it anywhere that shows what it looked like an hour or so ago

Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by im3w1l on Monday February 04, 2013 @02:38PM (#5166521)
When people press store / buy, have a 25% probability of redirecting to your store. In all other cases, do nothing.

This could stay hidden a lot longer.

Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calli... by jsmeaton on Monday February 04, 2013 @04:50PM (#5167391)
This is a wonderful idea!