You should discuss this with an attorney that is experienced with IP law to see what your options really are. IP law is very complex and sometimes very surprising. You need expert legal advice, not advice from the HN crowd.

As an aside, I thought that "cracked" software meant software that has had the copy protection or other access control bypassed or removed, not the alteration of the software functionality itself. If your software was actually cracked then you may have some fairly heavy law in your favor. For better or worse, bypassing access controls (even weak or simple access controls) gets special legal attention.

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y-curious 5 hours ago | parent [-]

What is the cost for doing this, out of curiosity? If OP only earns a trickle of revenue from their site, it probably isn’t even worth the money (?)

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Shank 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Most state bar associations have a free consultation line that will refer you to a reputable lawyer to start with and do basic consultation on where your issue should go and how much it will be. If I had to guess, getting advice is probably $100 and having a lawyer send a letter is $250-500.

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janalsncm 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A lot of lawyers will give a free consultation, and in my experience (not for IP) they will give decent expert advice for free. No harm calling them.

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Onavo 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He earns 7 figs a month from it iirc, was featured many times on HN as a successful indie hacker.

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janalsncm 4 hours ago | parent [-]

If that’s true, he doesn’t need free legal advice from us.

	▲	msdz 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		True, but then again, the post is titled “Tell HN”, not “Ask HN”. Maybe it’s just a case of the poster trying to raise awareness.