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Microsoft Acknowledges Theft of Code From Plurk

Posted by kdawson on from the least-they-could-do dept.

adeelarshad82 writes with news that Microsoft has acknowledged and taken responsibility for the theft of code belonging to Plurk.com, although the company also said it was the work of a Chinese vendor. Yesterday we discussed Plurk's blog post accusing Microsoft of copying their UI and code for Microsoft's Chinese microblogging site, Juku. Microsoft has now taken the site down and indefinitely suspended Juku's beta.

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  1. Wait....What? by Sj0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just so I understand...

    Microsoft takes responsibility for theft of code by blaming someone else?

    Did I fail one too many English classes somewhere?

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    It's been a long time.
  2. What...? by TheSeer2 · · Score: 1, Troll

    So when /. is debating moves against piracy it'll yell "OH NO IT'S NOT THEFT IT'S COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT" but if it's an MS article...