giga Veteran Posted January 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 19, 2004 So has anybody contacted them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el22 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 At the bottom of the page it says Сайт является русским аналогом известного за рубежом сайта www.neowin.netWhich probably means something like "this site is not affiliated with www.neowin.net..."Classic Rippoffs' excuse :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Doesn't matter, they still ripped off Neowin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wzoo1 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 SONS OF BITCHES!!! :crazy: Ever hear of palagarism russians? Damn, it's always gotta be the russians!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Oh well, everyone tries to copy a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolme Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 For every successful site there is ALWAYS a replicate. Neowin-- http://neowin.samara.ws/index.php?showpage=main theinquirer-- http://www.techtommorow.com/ [Chant]DDOS[/Chant] (Kidd0--Russian version!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favvi Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 i did a babel translation of Сайт является русским аналогом известного за рубежом сайта www.neowin.netwhich turns out to be Site is the Russian analog of the site www.neowin.net known abroad curious eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el22 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I doubt, however, that they got permission to be the "russian analog" :p (and btw, please let's don't turn this into an anti-russians flaming war, it's just nonsense) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivand Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 neowin.ru, there is still christmas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 "Сайт является русским аналогом известного за рубежом сайта www.neowin.net" is the Credit to Neowin.net for the design. The content on the site is different and fully sourced. I don't think that these "w*nkers" are trying to cause any competition or harm to Neowin.... FFS it's in Russian- How can they? It would of been better for them to make their own design or get permission, but at least it's credited at the bottom, and it should be treated as an honour to Neowin because we are such an inspiration instead of being so quick to flame :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**marisa** Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 fair enough i suppose... just seemed like they were ripping it off... even so, surely they should ask, rather than just copy and give credit? or not? i really don't know what the ethics of this are... :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 SONS OF BITCHES!!! :crazy: Ever hear of palagarism russians? Damn, it's always gotta be the russians!!! Hey man, i wouldn't mess with the russians :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blodia Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 For all the people that are getting ****ed off, do you have similar feelings when you're downloading mp3's or pirating software? For the ones who dont pirate and download music, you have a right to be against it, but for everyone else, stop trying to be a hypocrite, please. It's not the 'Russians,'(directed at wzoo) they're just people, so dont gerneralize. K I guess I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I guess I sort of agree with you on that Blodia, but when I pirate stuff, I'm not calling it my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I guess I sort of agree with you on that Blodia, but when I pirate stuff, I'm not calling it my own. and neither are these guys. they credit neowin at the bottom of the page, so Blodia is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I was just going to mention this blodia but yuo beat me to it. I mean first of all you can't blame the russions for this, Russia has a huge population and this are maybe 3 guys who ripped the design. Secondly, ripping and mp3 downloading is different but please if you do download mp3 you have no rights to swear at these guys. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdCViRus Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 well, the credit goes to neowin.net, so nothing to bitch about end of discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruBD Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 posting the link in a forum with over 40,000 people will only give the site more visitors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el22 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 posting the link in a forum with over 40,000 people will only give the site more visitorsMost of the which will never come back because they don't understand the language :p And just because they creditted it it doesn't mean it's fine. They use exactly the same design, the same name, the same logo, a popularity many people tried hard to achieve. Just because some of neowin.net's users download mp3s it doesn't make it right :rolleyes: And I agree with the others: it's just stupid to blame "the russians". People are people and humans tend to copy good things. This case is extreme. But it's not because they are russians... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclingplatypus Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 What's weird is I had 168 new messages on that site :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 What's weird is I had 168 new messages on that site :huh: maybe you should go read them! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung1616 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 At the bottom of the page it saysWhich probably means something like "this site is not affiliated with www.neowin.net..."Classic Rippoffs' excuse :angry: "The site is Russian analogue of a site known abroad" Translation Cody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 wtf ...it's like some kind of alternate universe or something :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el22 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 "The site is Russian analogue of a site known abroad" Translation Cody Yes, thanks -- that was already translated earlier in the thread, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 :rolleyes: Copyrights extend at least 75 years after the printed date, so it does not matter if Neowin lists 2003 or 2004. And why is everyone assuming that the Russian Neowin version was done without permission ? You should ask Neobond about it. I really doubt this is just a rip-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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