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Author Topic: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!  (Read 2040 times)

zeltak

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seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« on: November 26, 2005, 02:27:01 am »

hi

look at this:http://www.songbirdnest.com/roblord/story/what_is_songbird
Songbirdnest.com

it looks exactly like MC ?
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Mr ChriZ

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Re: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2005, 05:14:18 am »

Nothing is sacred to the open source community  :(

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Re: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2005, 06:51:42 am »

The screenshots have several similarities with MC: http://www.songbirdnest.com/roblord/blog/songbird_screenshots

Apple was recently sued over the design of the iTunes UI. Here is a link to the story: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1143. A 10-year old low detail UI sketch picture is used as evidence. I don't know if the case has progressed yet, but I suppose if the complainant wins they could sue many other companies that make player software.
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Re: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2005, 07:48:18 am »

Could this be one of JRiver projects that are in the works?

I remember hearing about all these New Deals but never actually seen anything,.
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Re: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2005, 09:16:13 am »

Doubt it, it says they implemented using XUL from Mozilla Firebird.

..oh and its version 1.0

Interesting development nevertheless.
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Re: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2005, 07:03:10 pm »

Could this be one of JRiver projects that are in the works?

I remember hearing about all these New Deals but never actually seen anything,.

Wasn't one of the deals the Audible implementation? And I slightly remember something about a All-in-one media solution where MC was the music player...
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Re: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2005, 07:49:06 pm »

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Wasn't one of the deals the Audible implementation?

and CD baby

and a few other things they do in the background
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Re: seems like a rip off of MC! link attached!
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2005, 07:41:04 am »

Well, this seems like good news. for everybody.
MC is being copied? good. That's better than being ignored.

Will they develop an app. with as many features as MC? Then, I would switch. But I doubt it. But the competition is good for everybody.

There isn't that much they have to get right to get me to switch... audioscrobbler integration as in amarok would be a factor. But I'm sure my list will grow as I use any MC alternative.
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