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neilkelty

318 karma · joined January 28, 2012

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neilkelty··on How we run our agile dev process using only Trello and Google Docs
What does the "Roadmap" Board look like? (e.g. List titles)
neilkelty··on Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign registrar
Are you going to start hosting torrents on your personal domain? Just don't break the law. It's really that simple.

I understand the "censorship/free speech" deal. But I can't really defend these guys, they were blatantly breaking the law. Like, there wasn't a gray area - they just jumped right over the line.

To make this a "true argument" we'd need the US to take down a domain that interferes with free speech.

neilkelty··on My experience of runnning Google Ads for Dropbox referrals
Alternatively, you could have hired a guy from Asia on oDesk for $3/$4 to get 40 people to signup for Dropbox with your referral link. Much more cost effective.
neilkelty··on Curebit (YC W11) Raises $1.2 Million For Online Referral System
You realize you set your company up for enormous civil penalties here - $200-$150,000.

And, since you've admitted to stealing their site straight up - it might be "willful and deliberate", it could be considered a criminal act.

I'm no lawyer - but one probably wrote this: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/CopyrightBasics/penalties.html

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