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Originally Posted by ismokeblunts
i don't want to hype things too far out of proportion. the script itself is nothing overly unique. it's not a mind shattering breakthrough in technology or anything. basically it is a gallery builder/thumbcropper/image viewer rolled into one with a few seo tpe functions, it works within wordpress and pumps out galleries pretty well. i'd say it's safe to say that it blows arylia out of the water, but i never used arylia that much. i am just pissed that other people are now going to be able to purchase a script i thought would be exclusive and unique to my network, at a fraction of the cost i paid for it.
i'm out on this thread for now, i have work to do (installing my soon to be public script on another new blog actually, woot). the issue has been layed out and i understand where i stand now, the lesson has been learnt, hopefully someone else learns something from my mistake. and if anyone decides its something they want to purchase on release day, you know where to find me, lol
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I've talked to a few guys about building that exact same script. So it's not a overly unique idea. Main reason I never did it, is because of the same issue you are going through now.
I figured as soon as I paid to have it written they would turn around and release it themselves and I'd be SOL. My deal is I wanted the resale rights for the script I had written, so 9 times out of 10 if you go to a coder asking for that.. They will just take the idea and do it for themselves.
Back when I first started in this biz I talked to a programer about a idea I had. He tells me it would cost too much and he wasn't interested. About a year later this same guy is teamed up with another guy and they released a service that was loosely based on the idea I talked to him about.
Later this service was sold to another company for big money. So I learned my lesson about talking to people in this industry about ideas unless I know them well or trust them.
IMO your best bet is to always look outside the industry for any of this sort of programing, or best yet look locally. This will cut down the chances of them being able to steal your idea and market it, as they won't have a very good idea on who to market it to.