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Can i get sued for replicating paid features of a website with a browser extension?
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
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There's a website that's free to use but has some extra features that require a paid membership.
Let's say the site is something like Ebay and the membership allows you to hide certain types of listings (for example, those without a photo, or a price, or from corporations, etc).
If I create a browser extension that only uses the HTML (classes, titles, texts, etc, all client-side, no calls made to the server) to determine what needs to be hidden and what needs to stay visible so the end result is pretty much exactly the same as paying for that membership can I get sued for distributing the extension?
If I ask for money for the extension instead of distributing it for free does the answer to the above change?
If I can't get sued but decide to contact the company and ask them if they want to buy the exclusive rights to my code (ie "blackmail" them to pay me so I don't release a product that hurts their bottom line) can I get sued?
Are there layers to this? Is there a law to rule them all?
FYI, I am currently in Europe but am interest in both US and Europe.
PS: I know anyone can sue me for anything but let's ignore that for a minute.
software website blackmail
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There's a website that's free to use but has some extra features that require a paid membership.
Let's say the site is something like Ebay and the membership allows you to hide certain types of listings (for example, those without a photo, or a price, or from corporations, etc).
If I create a browser extension that only uses the HTML (classes, titles, texts, etc, all client-side, no calls made to the server) to determine what needs to be hidden and what needs to stay visible so the end result is pretty much exactly the same as paying for that membership can I get sued for distributing the extension?
If I ask for money for the extension instead of distributing it for free does the answer to the above change?
If I can't get sued but decide to contact the company and ask them if they want to buy the exclusive rights to my code (ie "blackmail" them to pay me so I don't release a product that hurts their bottom line) can I get sued?
Are there layers to this? Is there a law to rule them all?
FYI, I am currently in Europe but am interest in both US and Europe.
PS: I know anyone can sue me for anything but let's ignore that for a minute.
software website blackmail
asked 9 mins ago
nickpapoutsisnickpapoutsis
1
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Why would anyone install a browser extension that hides information that would otherwise be free, and then pay to show that again? Or am I misunderstanding something?
– Ron Beyer
4 mins ago
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There's a website that's free to use but has some extra features that require a paid membership.
Let's say the site is something like Ebay and the membership allows you to hide certain types of listings (for example, those without a photo, or a price, or from corporations, etc).
If I create a browser extension that only uses the HTML (classes, titles, texts, etc, all client-side, no calls made to the server) to determine what needs to be hidden and what needs to stay visible so the end result is pretty much exactly the same as paying for that membership can I get sued for distributing the extension?
If I ask for money for the extension instead of distributing it for free does the answer to the above change?
If I can't get sued but decide to contact the company and ask them if they want to buy the exclusive rights to my code (ie "blackmail" them to pay me so I don't release a product that hurts their bottom line) can I get sued?
Are there layers to this? Is there a law to rule them all?
FYI, I am currently in Europe but am interest in both US and Europe.
PS: I know anyone can sue me for anything but let's ignore that for a minute.
software website blackmail
asked 9 mins ago
nickpapoutsisnickpapoutsis
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There's a website that's free to use but has some extra features that require a paid membership.
Let's say the site is something like Ebay and the membership allows you to hide certain types of listings (for example, those without a photo, or a price, or from corporations, etc).
If I create a browser extension that only uses the HTML (classes, titles, texts, etc, all client-side, no calls made to the server) to determine what needs to be hidden and what needs to stay visible so the end result is pretty much exactly the same as paying for that membership can I get sued for distributing the extension?
If I ask for money for the extension instead of distributing it for free does the answer to the above change?
If I can't get sued but decide to contact the company and ask them if they want to buy the exclusive rights to my code (ie "blackmail" them to pay me so I don't release a product that hurts their bottom line) can I get sued?
Are there layers to this? Is there a law to rule them all?
FYI, I am currently in Europe but am interest in both US and Europe.
PS: I know anyone can sue me for anything but let's ignore that for a minute.
software website blackmail
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Why would anyone install a browser extension that hides information that would otherwise be free, and then pay to show that again? Or am I misunderstanding something?
– Ron Beyer
4 mins ago
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Why would anyone install a browser extension that hides information that would otherwise be free, and then pay to show that again? Or am I misunderstanding something?
– Ron Beyer
4 mins ago
Why would anyone install a browser extension that hides information that would otherwise be free, and then pay to show that again? Or am I misunderstanding something?
– Ron Beyer
4 mins ago
Why would anyone install a browser extension that hides information that would otherwise be free, and then pay to show that again? Or am I misunderstanding something?
– Ron Beyer
4 mins ago
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