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We could answer this definitively by seeing if this design came out before or after Techcrunch's design. It's not really worth it though, because the design is

by rms 17y ago

We could answer this definitively by seeing if this design came out before or after Techcrunch's design. It's not really worth it though, because the design is generic enough that they could get away with stealing it. It's really more of a case of copying the layout than copying the design.

gkoberger 17y ago
It came out after (Singularity Hub's design came out August 17, 2009; TC was Aug 27, 2008). TechCrunch is one of the biggest blogs on the planet; they're not using a generic template. While the design isn't copy and pasted, it is clearly really heavily influenced- imagine if a site did that with, say, TC articles. That would be plagiarism. Why is copying a design any different? None of these alone are definitive, but together, they make a pretty good case: - Search on top left, with a button titled "Search" - #CCC box around the header - Header: Logo/Ad on the top, links and icons on the bottom; partitioned the same way - Spacing and style of the navigation is really similar - Three article images across the top: images are both 203x155, and the box has a blue padding and darker blue border. Both are named #header_features, inside a #col1 (admittedly, naming conventions might be a WP thing). - Boxed in articles with the title and author/date on left; comments + social media on right (this is admittedly generic.. but it does have a TC feel to it) - Article meta data and the article itself are split by a dotted gray line It was designed by "YourCustomBlog," and their portfolio (http://yourcustomblog.com/wordpress-design-portfolio/ http://yourcustomblog.com/wordpress-design-portfolio/) indicates it wasn't just a "customization" (meaning, it was a made-from-scratch design, not a modification of an existing template.
- rms 17y ago
  It could also be subconscious influence. I don't think that this is a copyright violation, but I don't know enough about IP law to know for sure.

by rms 17y ago

gkoberger 17y ago

It came out after (Singularity Hub's design came out August 17, 2009; TC was Aug 27, 2008). TechCrunch is one of the biggest blogs on the planet; they're not using a generic template. While the design isn't copy and pasted, it is clearly really heavily influenced- imagine if a site did that with, say, TC articles. That would be plagiarism. Why is copying a design any different? None of these alone are definitive, but together, they make a pretty good case: - Search on top left, with a button titled "Search" - #CCC box around the header - Header: Logo/Ad on the top, links and icons on the bottom; partitioned the same way - Spacing and style of the navigation is really similar - Three article images across the top: images are both 203x155, and the box has a blue padding and darker blue border. Both are named #header_features, inside a #col1 (admittedly, naming conventions might be a WP thing). - Boxed in articles with the title and author/date on left; comments + social media on right (this is admittedly generic.. but it does have a TC feel to it) - Article meta data and the article itself are split by a dotted gray line It was designed by "YourCustomBlog," and their portfolio (http://yourcustomblog.com/wordpress-design-portfolio/ http://yourcustomblog.com/wordpress-design-portfolio/) indicates it wasn't just a "customization" (meaning, it was a made-from-scratch design, not a modification of an existing template.

rms 17y ago
It could also be subconscious influence. I don't think that this is a copyright violation, but I don't know enough about IP law to know for sure.