[orkut-developer] Orkut blatantly copied my app

2010-08-24 Thread Eduardo Rocha
(I am not comfortable to use the word blatantly, but I can't help it)

The new daily fortune blatantly copied the four-leaf clover my
application uses for the same purpose since last November.

orkut:

http://bit.ly/aXHqAt

Meu Cantinho (http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#Application?
appId=233847632113):

http://bit.ly/cyI4Bz

Is it correct to do that? My app is not that huge success that
everybody associates that four-lear clover to it, but it's well known
and it's listed second in the Communication category.

It's regrettable. It's unbelievable that Orkut will keep the four-leaf
clover associated to the daily fortune as my app does for months.

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Re: [orkut-developer] Orkut blatantly copied my app

2010-08-24 Thread Anderson Marques
Four-leaved clovers are used as fortune symbol for as long as I can
remember. Since you are not the creator of this concept, I can't see any
problem in orkut doing that, as well as your application does. I would refer
to this as a problem if  they used your artwork, which does not seem to be
the case.

But I'll leave that for the orkut crew. I just want to be reasonable.

2010/8/25 Eduardo Rocha eduardoroch...@gmail.com

 (I am not comfortable to use the word blatantly, but I can't help it)

 The new daily fortune blatantly copied the four-leaf clover my
 application uses for the same purpose since last November.

 orkut:

 http://bit.ly/aXHqAt

 Meu Cantinho (http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#Application?
 appId=233847632113):

 http://bit.ly/cyI4Bz

 Is it correct to do that? My app is not that huge success that
 everybody associates that four-lear clover to it, but it's well known
 and it's listed second in the Communication category.

 It's regrettable. It's unbelievable that Orkut will keep the four-leaf
 clover associated to the daily fortune as my app does for months.

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