We feel completely outraged on behalf of the Sussex-based digital agency YouLove.Us for having been blatantly ripped off. We can’t even start to imagine how the creators of the original content must be seething at the sight of this mirror image of a website set up by someone who could not even be bothered to make an attempt at originality; look at this, a Punjab-based digital agency, apparently, YouLove.Us.Com.
There’s stealing someone’s work and then there’s this! Our heartfelt condolences to YouLove.Us for having their logo and brand stolen – hope you find a remedy to this situation!
The cost of a stolen startup idea is hard to measure. The potential revenues of an innovative business model, a technical implementation or a unique business plan lost due to someone sneaking off with your idea can only be imagined. A highly feasible idea once stolen could translate into millions of dollars lost.
You think this could never happen to you? Here‘s a story of a very experienced entrepreneur who had his startup ideas stolen, not once, but twice! Luckily for him, he won in the end anyway but would you want to expose yourself to such a risk?
Here‘s an interesting discussion by someone who raises the question on “Why is it considered by many “OK” to violate copyright?”
Obviously the restaurant failed to check but the person that sold the images to them had stolen them – just by making an unofficial copy and no one seemed to care UNTIL is started to cost them in damages.
Copyright is something nobody seems to care about until their rights have been infringed upon or someone files for damages – is there really no way to pre-empt violation of copyright and create measures of deterrence before the act of copyright violation? Of course, there are several, but it’s all about the awareness and attitude towards such enabling tools.
Do follow the debate on the forum.
