Comments on: Facebook sues German copycat, more to come? http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/19/facebook-sues-german-copycat-more-to-come/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:39:44 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hi5 copying over facebook? | Yashvin, pages of my life http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/19/facebook-sues-german-copycat-more-to-come/#comment-364734 hi5 copying over facebook? | Yashvin, pages of my life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:05:00 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1871#comment-364734 [...] is not the only one, Facebook even sued a german company, which operated a web site 99% similar to facebook, except in color, which was pink instead of [...] [...] is not the only one, Facebook even sued a german company, which operated a web site 99% similar to facebook, except in color, which was pink instead of [...]

]]> By: “Facebook tried to buy StudiVZ” http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/19/facebook-sues-german-copycat-more-to-come/#comment-364733 “Facebook tried to buy StudiVZ” Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:44:14 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1871#comment-364733 [...] July 19th Facebook allegedly filed a copyright lawsuit against German copycat StudiVZ, in what they claim is an infringement of Facebook’s “look, [...] [...] July 19th Facebook allegedly filed a copyright lawsuit against German copycat StudiVZ, in what they claim is an infringement of Facebook’s “look, [...]

]]> By: Facebook vs StudiVZ - Netzlogbuch http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/19/facebook-sues-german-copycat-more-to-come/#comment-364732 Facebook vs StudiVZ - Netzlogbuch Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:05:05 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1871#comment-364732 [...] thenextweb.org, techcrunch.com (I), techcrunch.com (II), rp-online.de und [...] [...] thenextweb.org, techcrunch.com (I), techcrunch.com (II), rp-online.de und [...]

]]> By: Patrick de Laive http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/19/facebook-sues-german-copycat-more-to-come/#comment-364731 Patrick de Laive Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:14 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1871#comment-364731 This is a very interesting development. Everybody can tell that StudiVZ is "inspired" by facebook. It is even more interesting because StudiVZ belongs to a big German media company. I think facebook choses to sue StudiVZ also just because of the fact that there is something to win there, they have a lot of money. But what happens if facebook wins this lawsuit? Would Digg sue all their copycats? Where do you draw the line? when is a company inspired by another company and when is it cloning? And should cloning a website be illegal? Keep us informed about the developments. This is a very interesting development. Everybody can tell that StudiVZ is “inspired” by facebook. It is even more interesting because StudiVZ belongs to a big German media company. I think facebook choses to sue StudiVZ also just because of the fact that there is something to win there, they have a lot of money.
But what happens if facebook wins this lawsuit? Would Digg sue all their copycats? Where do you draw the line? when is a company inspired by another company and when is it cloning? And should cloning a website be illegal?

Keep us informed about the developments.

]]> By: Doron Vermaat http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/19/facebook-sues-german-copycat-more-to-come/#comment-364730 Doron Vermaat Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:40:20 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1871#comment-364730 Suing a Chinese copycat (Xiaonei)? Good luck with that. Suing a Chinese copycat (Xiaonei)? Good luck with that.

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