Behringer's Clone of Apple's Homepage

[Gibbon]

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/09/04/behringers-latest-rip-off-job-apple-com/

[jhancock]

who cares. this is between their lawyers and Apple's.

[Gibbon → jhancock]

"who cares."

-Hackers -Musicians -Apple Fans -Behringer Customers -Behringer Haters -Behringer Competitors -IP Lawyers -Copyright Crusaders and so on.

Lots of Hacker News users are musicians. Lots of musicians are hackers. Lots of them own Behringer gear. Lots of them own Apple gear. Many of them are interested in issues pertaining to Trademark, Copyright, Patents, IP Theft and other legal issues.

[veemjeem → Gibbon]

What is wrong with the ripoff? It's not an exact copy, and it's still in a slightly different market than Apple is. If someone took a deceptively similar coke can and converted it into a speaker, would that infringe on Coca-Cola's look & feel?

Microsoft ripped off Apple's windowing look & feel, and Apple ripped it off from Xerox's Alto.

[cubicle67 → veemjeem]

> Apple ripped it off from Xerox's Alto

Apple licenced it from Xerox

[knightinblue → Gibbon]

Lots of Hacker News users are musicians.

Citation? Not being confrontational or anything, just really curious.

[Gibbon → knightinblue]

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428776 as one example.

[Gibbon]

There's also a follow-up to the article covering Behringer's notorious IP thefts over the years.

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/09/06/on-behringers-track...

[anigbrowl → Gibbon]

Boo hoo. I laughed out loud at seeing Behringer's copies of the KRK speakers that sit on either side of my monitor...and good luck to them. Behringer gear is not that great * but it is affordable, and they're a friend to the broke musician. Also, Uli Behringer is a really nice guy.

* With the exception of the Composer compressor, which is a little masterpiece.

[mattmaroon]

It's different in a lot of little ways, almost all of which make it inferior to Apple's site.