[Mimu]

Try to figure out how they do it, and feed them with porn and anti chinese propaganda. If they do it manually then pray for them because they have a shitty life.

[thawkins]

Just put a mod rewrite rule in that 404's if the referrer url is their domain. It's a fairly standard hotlinking defense.

[bflesch]

I tried to tell more details in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11455670

Basically they imitated the full design and even the URL routes. The "logo" has parts of our logo.

There are no hotlinks used.

What they are doing serves the Chinese market, which we didn't do yet (so it is a positive thing), but we don't have the resources to really compete with them yet.

[cmdrfred]

Write some markov chains that spew out text about Tiananmen square. Actually don't, they might be ripping you off but that might get them killed.

[kweks]

I'm trying to work out why retaliation with porn / tragedy propaganda is even vaguely acceptable.

HN would typically be aghast if you served NSFW content potentially to unexpecting audiences (..think of the children!), or even with the real life analog of becoming vigilante on someone who wronged you.

There seems to be the underlying notion that: because it's China, any riposte is acceptable. Again, HN would typically be aghast if you drew sweeping stereotypes over 1B+ people.

There are multiple solutions.

If someone is hotlinking your content, block their requests.

Lodge DMCA requests to remove their SE listing.

If you have a product and a brand that is being copied, Chinese customs are very pro-active on brand defense. Register your brand / trademark: http://www.forbes.com/sites/danharris/2015/10/12/how-to-prot...

Innovate and update more often. Copying, legal or otherwise happens all the time, in all jurisdictions. Ratinally weigh up the real damage their site is causing, and act accordingly.

[jason_slack]

+1 for using markov chains.