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Comment by JonathanWCurd | Hacker News Reader

Not saying its the route I would take but you could share your story and the site name here and at other social sites like digg, reddit, etc and internet vigilantes might just do their thing to drive them away.

I have seen it happen before with design / logo theft etc.

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I'd go this route. It will help you out the thief, get you some links from any added press, and possibly even help market your company further.

Lawyers are expensive and you could battle someone for a very long time. Is that really what you want to do starting out the gate? You'll get too distracted by this, focus on your company. At the end of the day people type .com in first and if you have the links, your domain will show up first in the search results as well.

Agreed about Lawyers. I am happy to spend money on them as necessary for the right things, but this seems like something that could be very lengthly if not approached the right way... and one thing I know about hiring lawyers is that long problems have big bills. :p

Yeah, I like this route a fair bit. I'd like to think that I'm not the only one who gets frustrated by people who would do this type of thing.

Thanks a lot for the suggestion. :)

My hesitation on something like this (and also the reason I didn't put our company in this post) is because I don't want to give him any unnecessary attention until necessary. Plan of attack being worked out now...

Keep us updated. No doubt there are people here who can help spread the word.

Thanks. I definitely will. :)

seconded.. trying to go a legal route will cost alot of money and resources.. and do you actually even have any international legal recourse? not clear how without any real business or trademark. Social pressure works wonders though

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