Is there anything wrong (legally not ethically) with leveraging the terms and conditions of another business that has substantially the same business model and, thus business risk, that you have?

It’s a large company so I know they have good counsel who wrote it, but could said counsel sue my a$$?

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lol, counsel probably can’t sue you since T&C aren’t generally protected by copyright (and also very very rare and nearly unheard of that an attorney tries to assert copyright over terms written in a contract). and FWIW, you approach is what YC recommends.

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hah! all the legal disclaimerz apply. good luck!

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Why reinvent the wheel

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If the wheel has a patent...

(I know this isn’t a patent issue, just closest legal analogy. Startups have to CYA!)

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