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So, YC backs startup clones now?

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Post by shoxxx » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 10:02 PM UTC

We've been noticing Backpackbang is scraping our entire site, daily + linking to all our images.

Also, they ripped off the exact design of the explore page design. Nice.

We've seen clones before, but pretty crazy to see this from a YC-backed company. Disappointing.

Re: So, YC backs startup clones now?

Post by masonic » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 10:12 PM UTC

The traditional debate in accounting is "Make, or Buy?"

Theft is cheaper than either.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 09, 2016, 10:33 PM UTC

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Post by raooll » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 3:51 AM UTC

Maybe you should add watermark to your images & start blocking their scrappers for now.

Post by shoxxx » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 1:57 PM UTC

raooll wrote: post #4

Maybe you should add watermark to your images & start blocking their scrappers for now.

Done. They'll probably just start saving the images, but at least there's a 404 for now.