Earlier quoted context omitted.
Drop me an email, check out my profile ;)
There's no email in your profile. You should put it in the ``about'' field, the ``email'' field is not visible to other users.
Corrected. Thanks for noticing.
Ask HN: Cloning a US startup for a european country ?
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Re: Ask HN: Cloning a US startup for a european country ?
#22It happens all the time and it's a great business model. There have been a lot of successes with this. I'm shocked it doesn't happen more often. There's no moral imperative saying it's "bad". In fact, quite the opposite. Just don't violate copyright.
It also happens the other way around, for example with Zopa and Prosper.
Re: Ask HN: Cloning a US startup for a european country ?
#23It happens all the time and it's a great business model. There have been a lot of successes with this. I'm shocked it doesn't happen more often. There's no moral imperative saying it's "bad". In fact, quite the opposite. Just don't violate copyright.
Just don't violate copyright.
Or trademark, or patents, for the sake of completeness.
Re: Ask HN: Cloning a US startup for a european country ?
#24It happens all the time and it's a great business model. There have been a lot of successes with this. I'm shocked it doesn't happen more often. There's no moral imperative saying it's "bad". In fact, quite the opposite. Just don't violate copyright.
Just don't violate copyright. Or trademark, or patents, for the sake of completeness.
although software patents would be ok to violate.
Re: Ask HN: Cloning a US startup for a european country ?
#25This has been in my mind too, in another european country not France.
Re: Ask HN: Cloning a US startup for a european country ?
#26How about contacting the original site, maybe you can become its affiliate in France?