razsports — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:27:16 +0000

Copying another site= lawsuit!

I wonder of sitepoint needs a lawyer

Megan — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:31:19 +0000

Huh, those are some interesting comments. I think copying another website is lame too. It gives you the impression that they're emulating them in more than just design. Like they want to be "like Sitepoint only better" in some marginal way. I'm glad we've never fallen into that trap.

In thise case though, it seems that the person running it has some good marketing skills. He managed to convince Shoemoney to post what is basically an advertisement for it. If you know the right people you could even manage to do better than the original just with better marketing.

(I don't know why you'd want to copy Sitepoint anyway. So spammy!)

andy206uk — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:37:23 +0000

The sad part is that it's not even a good copy! It's one thing to rip off a site, but to do it badly makes the whole thing even worse!

demonhale — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:04:19 +0000

It really is a pure copy ain't it? I think it will either make or break the site, if they find a way to compensate designers, and a better way to handle contests, most designers from SP might transfer to them...