Re:Ask HN: My free app has gone slighty viral – looking for ...
by kohanz on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @08:51AM
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Regardless of whether they would have legal ground to stand on, it doesn't sound like the OP has the time or money to get into litigation with FB. If they were to send a cease and desist letter, not many people would dig their heels in and take things to the courts out of their own pocket.
"...between July 2009 and October 2010, PageRage grew significantly, and was regularly garnering more than 1 million users per day, and generating more than $1 million in monthly revenues....by mid-July 2011, PageRage had grown to more than 4 million users per day"
In this case, however, there aren't 4M installs. We're talking about less than 300K installs. Facebook would probably not bother with such harsh tactics here.
[1] https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/114953759?access_key=key-1...
[2] http://adexchanger.com/online-advertising/sambreel-locked-ou...