businesslogs.com — Next Internet is a new Silicon Valley incubator that's planning to launch 15 dotcom companies in the next 3 years. They're well-funded and are looking to hire a bunch of new developers....... buuuuut they stole Flock.com's HTML and CSS. Probably the worst rip I've ever seen!
Mar 9, 2006 View in Crawl 4
buttercupMar 9, 2006
Read the article, it shows screenshots of the NextInternet site, and the flock site.obviously NextInternet quickly changed their site.
bazilioMar 9, 2006
I think now the only thing left to do is go down to nextinternet hq and tell them how we feel about their actions. But if tomorrow they funded my project with a couple of mil I would not care.
drbhoneydewMar 9, 2006
From Flock's meta tags: (c) Copyleft 2005 Christopher MessinaFrom Flock's footer: "All this, copyright ? Flock except where otherwise noted, from now to infinity."Would the meta tag count as where otherwise noted?
kickarseMar 10, 2006
these people make me sick
phisoloMar 11, 2006
What web developer has not "borrowed" the look and feel from another site? Back when I worked a a big web dev. company EVERY client came in saying "I want my site to be like..." If we did not blatantly rip off site X, the client was pissed. Such is the web.With how simple this site looked, the owners probably never knew that their web designer blatantly ripped off someone else, or if they did they probably assumed that they ripped off the "design style", not the code itself. The old web adage never re-do what has already been done. This applies to all coders. When a client asks for something you have never done what do you do first? Start writing code? NO You go to hotscripts.com or (insert your personal favorites here) and search for the most appropriate script. The problem with using CSS is that other other designers can copy and paste it. If you want to keep something more proprietary you need to hide some of the essential design elements away from the copy and pasters.The new problem for plagiarists is that sites like digg will notice if you ripped off a "favored" site. When a band rips off Texaco's logo for their stickers everyone loves it, when some one does the same to a website we scream. If you have ever downloaded a song you should shut up!We are in the world of digital. Write it once and share it with the world. If they had stolen their content that would be a different thing altogether. A similar look and feel... Well, in my book, that is a complement.
siliconsurfJun 28, 2008
flock sucks ass anyway...who cares!