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"who cares." -Hackers -Musicians -Apple Fans -Behringer Customers -Behringer Haters -Behringer Competitors -IP Lawyers -Copyright Crusaders and so on. Lots of
by 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.