I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

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Post by yvoschaap2 » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 4:57 PM UTC

I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project
indiehackers.com

Re: I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

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Post by yvoschaap2 » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:29 PM UTC

Hi, OP here. Happy to answer any specific question...

Re: I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

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Post by marsrover » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:33 PM UTC

I'd be curious to see some month to month (or year to year) financial charts.

Re: I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

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Post by empath75 » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:34 PM UTC

I feel like starting a business with a massive theft of other people's intellectual property isn't a great model to follow.

Re: I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

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Post by pmoriarty » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:35 PM UTC

yvoschaap2 wrote: post #2

Hi, OP here. Happy to answer any specific question...

Have you ever studied what your competition is doing wrong and why you've managed to stay ahead of them for so long?

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Post by bballer » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:36 PM UTC

yvoschaap2 wrote: post #2

Hi, OP here. Happy to answer any specific question...

Where did the initial seeding of all the lyrics & bands come from? Also, are most of the new lyrics contributed by users and if so how do you handle authenticating that the lyrics provided are accurate?

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Post by trevyn » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:37 PM UTC

The transition from unlicensed to licensed seems like a big step. Did the publishers just reach out and ask you to pay a fee?

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Post by reallydattrue » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

empath75 wrote: post #4

I feel like starting a business with a massive theft of other people's intellectual property isn't a great model to follow.

Really? What about SciHub?

From what I understand, they are selling pirated papers.

But yet everyone in [0] is ranting and raving about how awesome it is.

Oh HN how fickle you are.

Piracy when it suits you. A-OK. When it doesn't, the pitch forks come out. No surprise here.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14868033

Re: I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

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Post by sputknick » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:42 PM UTC

empath75 wrote: post #4

I feel like starting a business with a massive theft of other people's intellectual property isn't a great model to follow.

Serious question: is this theft of IP? I know if a songwriter writes a song, you need to license it in order to perform it for profit, but are the actual lyrics intellectual property?

Re: I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side project

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Post by yvoschaap2 » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 5:43 PM UTC

trevyn wrote: post #7

The transition from unlicensed to licensed seems like a big step. Did the publishers just reach out and ask you to pay a fee?

So back in 2010 the first law suit started against lyrics sites: > http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/californ...

It was pretty clear that others would be next. Hence unlicensed wouldn't be maintainable.

Next to that, I wanted to sell advertising to big brands. My advertising partner insisted we needed to be licensed for the Coca Cola's of this world to spend money on my traffic.

So for me it was an opportunity to increase revenue, at the costs of lower profit margin.