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WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me

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Re: WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me

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Post by dllthomas »

slantyyz wrote: post #85
geuis wrote: post #12

Look, both your team and the other fellow involved in your dispute are in the wrong. And by wrong, I mean that you're both shaking your proverbial gender-specific parts around a crowded street, shouting about who's part is bigger, and trying to get the passersby to agree with your side or his. No. One. Cares. Put your shit away and handle this like men. Either reconcile or go to war, i.e. court. Just stop acting like…

> No. One. Cares. Sadly, 719 pts and 198 comments (as of now) and a top 3 ranking on the front page (for the other story) for several hours say otherwise. Everybody loves a David and Goliath story, and the one side of the story that was told first belonged to the little guy. It was quite fascinating to watch the anger and venom build up in the other thread - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4055256 . I don't have…

> I've always found that in most disputes, the truth ultimately lands somewhere in the middle.

Often, but I don't know - I've often found it to lie nowhere near either party...

Re: WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me

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Post by entropy_ »

tdfx wrote: post #82
taligent wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't you much rather have people spend their money on better causes e.g. actually saving lives than pathetic disputes like this ?

You must be new here.

This place is finally turning into slashdot! Oh joy...

Re: WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me

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Post by reustle »

taligent wrote: post #50
revelation wrote: post #6

I don't get it. If you are the small bootstrapped ultra-busy startup founder, why continue to concern yourself with this stuff. He was willing to rebrand his app, even though the trademark registration was apparently not finalized at this point. So at which point did they feel entitled to make the demands they were making?

As a startup your trademark/brand is one of the most valuable asset you have. Only inexperienced/naive startups don't defend it vigorously.

Why? Very few people know you even exist. I'd think it's probably the best time of a companies lifetime to change the name if they had to.

Re: WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me

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Post by evancaine »

I find it interesting that the comments in this thread still largely support Brian Hamacheck even though the response from Who's Here - if accurate - demonstrates that his original blog post is little more than a one sided publicity piece designed to gain sympathy for him and. to villify. Who's Here

Re: WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me

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Post by evancaine »

I find it interesting that the comments in this thread still largely support Brian Hamacheck even though the response from Who's Here - if accurate - demonstrates that his original blog post is little more than a one sided publicity piece designed to gain sympathy for him and. to villify. Who's Here

Re: WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me

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Post by davycro »

Shame on Brian for claiming to be a poor developer about to be crushed by a big company (see quote below). I feel like a fool for up voting him.

Shame on WhosHere for suing Brian. People are not confusing these two apps. Brian did not steal the WhosHere brand or product.

Here's an example of stealing a product, of when it's appropriate to sue:

My Facebook app Quiz Monster was cloned by mike onagai (a man from hong kong). He copy pasted my CSS and JavaScript. His app looked exactly like mine. He then started emailing my users with links to his site, claiming to be me.

Appbank (a vc funded company) almost did the same thing, they definitely stole my design. The only reason I did not sue is because my product was better and more popular. They didn't seem like a threat. Nowadays I think facebook apps are silly. It must seriously suck to be Appbank or Mike Onagai. They have to make Facebook apps, I get to build whatever I feel like.

Also I think stealing fuels innovation. Facebook came from facesmash, a clone of hotornot. So did YouTube. Appbank started as a clone of quiz monster, but they evolved into something better, something original, and innovative. I'm happy for them.

> "I was born wealthy; I have an obscene trust fund. I assure you that if required, I will obtain the best legal representationmfor corporate litigation in the Silicon Valley. After your last proposal, I will resist this legal action well beyondmwhat makes any financial sense, simply out of principal."

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