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FT: Facebook sues German StudiVZ
I wonder if that's all there is to this; I find it hard to believe that StudiVZ actually copied directly from Facebook. Maybe they did in the early days, but I'd have thought that at the very latest the due diligence before acquisition would have found any such cases.
If they have any success with this because the site is "similar" then that would set a precedent for about a gazillion other websites.
- pmjordan 18y agoI wonder if that's all there is to this; I find it hard to believe that StudiVZ actually copied directly from Facebook. Maybe they did in the early days, but I'd have thought that at the very latest the due diligence before acquisition would have found any such cases. If they have any success with this because the site is "similar" then that would set a precedent for about a gazillion other websites.
- malekov 18y agoThe thing is StudiVZ is EXACTLY as Facebook...
- lpgauth 18y agoYeah, the first time I saw studiVZ the only difference seemed to be the css changed from blue to red...
- pokeme 18y agohttp://img-a4.pe.imagevz.net/photo3/f3/9a/ce37499d84437cb744c1dbce2a78/1-cfd8a99fbccfa5cc.jpg http://img-a4.pe.imagevz.net/photo3/f3/9a/ce37499d84437cb744... The faceook management team with the StudiVZ founders: Matt Cohler + Owen Van Natta The T-shirts say "Poke me!" in German. (the equiv on studiVZ)
- arvernus 18y agoHere's a screenshot of StudiVZ vs. Facebook from 2006: http://www.sebbi.de/archives/2006/10/04/einziger-deutscher-bei-facebook/ http://www.sebbi.de/archives/2006/10/04/einziger-deutscher-b...
- bosshog 18y agoHysterical. The Samwer brothers funded StudiVz and sold it for > 85 million Euros. With the proceeds of the sale, they then invested in Facebook. Facebook then sues StudiVz. What about the Chinese and Russian clones?
- vaksel 18y agowell its not like Facebook has any innovative technology...does it?
- fbailey 18y agoon what basis could they sue in a US court, Studi VZ is not active in the US
- tx 18y agoThis is pathetic. How about these two? http://www.aol.com http://www.aol.com http://www.yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com Or these two? http://live.com http://live.com http://ask.com http://ask.com When there isn't any technology behind your "look and feel", then "look and feel" is the only thing you've got to protect. ... and this is happening after Facebook itself admitted and settled on charges of code (!) theft.