http://www.upyourego.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/imitation-flatter-and-the-bbc/ How to survive the 21st Century Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:14:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.upyourego.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/imitation-flatter-and-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-88370 Freetracking.org » Kayak broadside hits Microsoft’s search redesign Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:09:42 +0000 http://www.upyourego.com/blog/?p=1215#comment-88370 [...] Travel search remains one of the most profitable parts of Microsoft’s search business alongside its local and shopping search engines. Microsoft purchased Farecast in 2008 to boost its profile in the travel search market. It was then integrated deeply into Microsoft’s MSN properties, and now Bing. Other high-profile design similarities in recent history have involved AOL’s beta site, which looked suspiciously close to Yahoo’s front page; Google’s Chrome browser logo; and Croatian Radiotelevision’s BBC-like redesign. [...] [...] Travel search remains one of the most profitable parts of Microsoft’s search business alongside its local and shopping search engines. Microsoft purchased Farecast in 2008 to boost its profile in the travel search market. It was then integrated deeply into Microsoft’s MSN properties, and now Bing. Other high-profile design similarities in recent history have involved AOL’s beta site, which looked suspiciously close to Yahoo’s front page; Google’s Chrome browser logo; and Croatian Radiotelevision’s BBC-like redesign. [...]

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]]> http://www.upyourego.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/imitation-flatter-and-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-38882 James Mon, 19 May 2008 16:54:31 +0000 http://www.upyourego.com/blog/?p=1215#comment-38882 Is this even allowed? I just had a look at both RTL and HRT websites, and they are practically EXACTLY the same. The edit buttons on the modules cause them to slide downwards, etc, and even the bottom grey bar with further links is completely identical. This is plagiarism of the highest degree...surely the BBC have the right to complain - or at least, ask for some kind of payment for nicking their design? Is this even allowed? I just had a look at both RTL and HRT websites, and they are practically EXACTLY the same. The edit buttons on the modules cause them to slide downwards, etc, and even the bottom grey bar with further links is completely identical. This is plagiarism of the highest degree…surely the BBC have the right to complain – or at least, ask for some kind of payment for nicking their design?

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