Hello HN,
A couple of days ago I released a html theme on a themes site, think ThemeForest. I have hopes it's gonna sell rather well, we've been working at it for about 5 months.
Another theme developer is threatening that he's filing a DMCA takedown on our theme because, he says, we copied code from him, which we didn't.
I asked him to show proof with code samples, which he didn't, and continued his tirade.
Our code is absolutely 100% written by us, we use a precompiler, which I think he doesn't, we have our own custom framework etc.
We are from an Eastern European country, they are Western.
1. What can happen if they "file a DMCA" ?
2. They say they don't need to show us any proof, that they will show that in court.
How can we deal with that, being different countries and all ?
Thank you so much for advice HN, it's not the first time you are helping me out.
PS
I'm currently keeping names and such private, but I might expose them for the douches they are, depending how this plays out.
A couple of days ago I released a html theme on a themes site, think ThemeForest. I have hopes it's gonna sell rather well, we've been working at it for about 5 months.
Another theme developer is threatening that he's filing a DMCA takedown on our theme because, he says, we copied code from him, which we didn't.
I asked him to show proof with code samples, which he didn't, and continued his tirade.
Our code is absolutely 100% written by us, we use a precompiler, which I think he doesn't, we have our own custom framework etc.
We are from an Eastern European country, they are Western.
1. What can happen if they "file a DMCA" ?
2. They say they don't need to show us any proof, that they will show that in court. How can we deal with that, being different countries and all ?
Thank you so much for advice HN, it's not the first time you are helping me out.
PS
I'm currently keeping names and such private, but I might expose them for the douches they are, depending how this plays out.