Show HN: HourlyPuppy

#1

Post by jfi » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 9:53 PM UTC

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

#2

Post by bobbles » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 10:37 PM UTC

It wasn't until after 'Version 1.0' that I realised this was about pictures of puppies and not actually letting people hire puppies for cheering people up in the hospital or something

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by johnnyn » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 10:43 PM UTC

This would actually be great if I could rent a puppy for an hour for my kids or something. Maybe you should turn this into an AirBnB for pets. I'm sort of kidding, but sort of serious. I bet PETA would love you ;)

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by steve8918 » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 10:43 PM UTC

Can you actually copy someone else's images and serve them from your own website, or does that violate copyright? If you find someone else's images, should you instead link to the original site?

I'm actually asking because I'm curious, I don't know what the actual answer is.

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by BasBenIk » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 10:51 PM UTC

johnnyn wrote: post #3

This would actually be great if I could rent a puppy for an hour for my kids or something. Maybe you should turn this into an AirBnB for pets. I'm sort of kidding, but sort of serious. I bet PETA would love you ;)

I think you can "rent" a puppy/dog for an hour at your nearest animal shelter. I think the people who work there would be more than happy if you walk a puppy/dog with your kids and give it some love for an hour.

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by planetjoe » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 10:55 PM UTC

BasBenIk wrote: post #5

johnnyn wrote: post #3

This would actually be great if I could rent a puppy for an hour for my kids or something. Maybe you should turn this into an AirBnB for pets. I'm sort of kidding, but sort of serious. I bet PETA would love you ;)

I think you can "rent" a puppy/dog for an hour at your nearest animal shelter. I think the people who work there would be more than happy if you walk a puppy/dog with your kids and give it some love for an hour.

But then you have to go to the animal shelter. What about a startup that brings the shelter puppy to you for a fee, which is then split with the shelter? Win Win Win?

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by jfi » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 10:59 PM UTC

planetjoe wrote: post #6

BasBenIk wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you can "rent" a puppy/dog for an hour at your nearest animal shelter. I think the people who work there would be more than happy if you walk a puppy/dog with your kids and give it some love for an hour.

But then you have to go to the animal shelter. What about a startup that brings the shelter puppy to you for a fee, which is then split with the shelter? Win Win Win?

I'd actually like to eventually enable it so shelters can put their pictures up for free. That way a visitor could view and then own a pup.

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by marquis » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 11:02 PM UTC

johnnyn wrote: post #3

This would actually be great if I could rent a puppy for an hour for my kids or something. Maybe you should turn this into an AirBnB for pets. I'm sort of kidding, but sort of serious. I bet PETA would love you ;)

Something like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_cafe

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by gavingmiller » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 11:05 PM UTC

BasBenIk wrote: post #5

johnnyn wrote: post #3

This would actually be great if I could rent a puppy for an hour for my kids or something. Maybe you should turn this into an AirBnB for pets. I'm sort of kidding, but sort of serious. I bet PETA would love you ;)

I think you can "rent" a puppy/dog for an hour at your nearest animal shelter. I think the people who work there would be more than happy if you walk a puppy/dog with your kids and give it some love for an hour.

Different animal shelters will vary on their policy, some being more open than others. For example a shelter where I volunteered put in a policy that volunteers had to commit to (something like) 15 hours/month. Needless to say volunteerism dropped significantly the next month...

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by epochwolf » Wed, Nov 16, 2011, 11:05 PM UTC

steve8918 wrote: post #4

Can you actually copy someone else's images and serve them from your own website, or does that violate copyright? If you find someone else's images, should you instead link to the original site? I'm actually asking because I'm curious, I don't know what the actual answer is.

> Can you actually copy someone else's images and serve them from your own website

Short answer: No

Long answer: It depends. On your personal site that has ads, a donate button, or products/services you sell: highly unlikely. See links below.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Fair_use_under_United_...

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_Sta...

This is not legal advice. IANAL, etc.