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Behringer's Clone of Apple's Homepage
Follow up article detailing Behringer's history of lawsuits here: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/09/06/on-behringers-track-record-value-and-copies/
- jhancock 17y agowho cares. this is between their lawyers and Apple's.
- Gibbon 17y ago"who cares." -Hackers -Musicians -Apple Fans -Behringer Customers -Behringer Haters -Behringer Competitors -IP Lawyers -Copyright Crusaders and so on. Lots of Hacker News users are musicians. Lots of musicians are hackers. Lots of them own Behringer gear. Lots of them own Apple gear. Many of them are interested in issues pertaining to Trademark, Copyright, Patents, IP Theft and other legal issues.
- veemjeem 17y agoWhat is wrong with the ripoff? It's not an exact copy, and it's still in a slightly different market than Apple is. If someone took a deceptively similar coke can and converted it into a speaker, would that infringe on Coca-Cola's look & feel? Microsoft ripped off Apple's windowing look & feel, and Apple ripped it off from Xerox's Alto.
- cubicle67 17y ago> Apple ripped it off from Xerox's Alto Apple licenced it from Xerox
- knightinblue 17y agoLots of Hacker News users are musicians. Citation? Not being confrontational or anything, just really curious.
- Gibbon 17y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428776 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428776 as one example.
- Gibbon 17y agoThere's also a follow-up to the article covering Behringer's notorious IP thefts over the years. http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/09/06/on-behringers-track-record-value-and-copies/#more-7315 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/09/06/on-behringers-track...
- anigbrowl 17y agoBoo hoo. I laughed out loud at seeing Behringer's copies of the KRK speakers that sit on either side of my monitor...and good luck to them. Behringer gear is not that great * but it is affordable, and they're a friend to the broke musician. Also, Uli Behringer is a really nice guy. * With the exception of the Composer compressor, which is a little masterpiece.
- mattmaroon 17y agoIt's different in a lot of little ways, almost all of which make it inferior to Apple's site.