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Microsoft China steals code, rips off Plurk site | |
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| Time: 01:37 EST/06:37 GMT | News Source: Neowin | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft China appears to have not only ripped a popular site's design but some of their site code too.
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| #1 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 12/15/2009 6:35:50 AM |
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So the Chinese don't like having their IP stolen. Funny how they aren't concerned with boot-legged versions of every Hollywood movie, software title, designer handbag or NIKE shoe being sold on every street corner. This post was edited by rxcall on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 10:47. |
| #2 By 8556 (173.27.242.53) at 12/15/2009 8:41:19 AM |
| Of course it's not a rip off. Microsoft removed the link to YouTube. |
| #3 By 12071 (203.210.68.145) at 12/15/2009 4:47:26 PM |
| #1 Umm... with the exception of Hollywood movies (and some software titles) all of the other stuff you mentioned IS made in China. They're just excess stock from the same factory :) That's why the thrifty people buy direct from China rather than paying all the middlemen along the way who jack the price up 6x it's actual value. |
| #4 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 12/15/2009 6:40:16 PM |
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#3: Umm... you could not be more wrong. China has an entire industry dedicated to knockoffs of anything and everything.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3467568n This post was edited by rxcall on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 18:42. |
| #5 By 23275 (68.117.163.128) at 12/15/2009 9:41:28 PM |
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#3,4, actually, the problem is very broad and is as bad and worse across all of SW, central, SE and east Asia - there are no copyright laws to speak of and it is all a normal practice. The stuff is sold openly and those selling it see nothing wrong with what they are doing and assess that all the value is in the copying and packaging. IP/Content have no meaning for them.
It is as much cultural as it is anything else. |
| #6 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 12/16/2009 6:18:28 AM |
| #5: True, it was incorrect to single out China. |
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