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LinSpire LPhoto and LSongs: bring on the lawsuits!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-much-loriginatility dept.

Sir Joltalot writes "Over at OSNews they're covering the newly-renamed LinSpire's LSongs and LPhoto apps. Take a look at those screenshots, and you'll notice a striking resemblence to Apple's iTunes and iPhoto. Take a look at this flash presentation and you'll see that LPhoto and iPhoto are almost exactly alike. They look like nifty apps, to be sure, but how long will they last? I would have thought LinSpire might have learned from the whole Lindows name fiasco..."

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  1. How is that a troll? I was going to say the same. by Simon+Carr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was expecting a straight copy, but, yeah, this looks an eyesore in that delicious way only replicas can. Already XMMS is several steps ahead, why not just extend the functionality of that instead of making Yet Another MP3 Player?

    Want to win? Come up with something new or work from an already successful idea on your own platform. the iTunes interface is OK, and it works in the context of Aqua, but I'm sure, SURE there's a better way to do it.

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