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What do you think about the danger of Twitter sueing [app.net](http://app.net "app.net"){rel="nofollow" target="_blank"} due to it appearing to be a more or less complete copy? Or were you just taking the risk? ## Brett — [Aug 17, 2012 11:51 pm](https://my.remarkbox.com/5d10ff5e-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501/on-app-net-brettterpstra-com#5d10ff62-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501) Twitter was an exact copy of several smaller startups around the same time. I don\'t really see it as a plausible case for a lawsuit. --- **Source:** [https://my.remarkbox.com/5d10ff61-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501](https://my.remarkbox.com/5d10ff61-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501) **Snapshot:** 2026-05-06T13:08:39Z **Generator:** Remarkbox `763cacb`