Hey NotchUp – Don’t Copy Other Websites!
Jan 28, 2008 Uncategorized
Just a quick thought. If you’re starting a business and want to be thought of as “new and innovative”, don’t copy your website design from someone else. A friend just invited me to try NotchUp, a new career networking site. When I arrived, I instantly though that it looked strikingly similar to the page layout of GrandCentral. After browsing over to GrandCentral to do a comparison, I realized it was way more similar that I had anticipated. In fact, it’s almost a carbon copy. Take a look.
Come on people, I don’t know how many millions you spent in VC funding to come up with the latest “Web 2.0″ “social networking” service. Now just fork over the other $5k and get your own site design.
Tags: grandcentral, notchup, social network, social networking, web 2.0, web design, web2.0
January 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I can tell you it cost more than 5K. There was blood, sweat and tears! Ask me how I know?
January 28th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Plagiarism.org has a HUGE list of sites that practice this behavior. And tools to identify sites that plagiarize.
It’s nothing new, but quite shameful, when seemingly popular sites do it.
The best thing to do is to name and shame. Getting the courts involved will only make things more expensive.
Also, it never hurts to keep the original copies of all the scratch material like CSS drafts, images, PSDs etc… Just in case they dispute the claim.
In a really bad case, it’s probably best to get the ACLU invovled.
June 24th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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