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    ImageCabin stole iNet toolbar

    Comparing the http://imagecabin.com and http://webhostingtalk.com top toolbars, I came accrost something, they are near excatly the same, I decided to look at the souce code and its almost MATCHING, is it just me or did imagecabin rip the iNet toolbar?
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    I've used a similar system on my old sites in the past. You cannot really copyright javascript coding like that, as it is far too common, that leaves images and the concept. Having looked at the image, it's very different. The concept, though, could be copied or severely inspired.

    In any case, I don't think it's a direct rip.
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    1) it doesnt look rip off!
    2) inet doesn't have copyright on "toolbar", anyone can have their toolbar and a design.
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    Originally posted by The Bear
    I've used a similar system on my old sites in the past. You cannot really copyright javascript coding like that, as it is far too common, that leaves images and the concept. Having looked at the image, it's very different. The concept, though, could be copied or severely inspired.

    In any case, I don't think it's a direct rip.
    The only reason I even noticed was because I had both sites open at the same moment, and the actual coding was nearly the same, I know there are sites that use the same concepts, but the odds of the coding being nearly excatly the same are very low, I also have seen the owner of imagecabin (I forget who) around WHT.

    Some other things to point out:

    Image names are fairly alike, 'ic.gif' (ImageCabin) and 'inet.gif' (iNet), also the style of the image, the small marking to the right of the image and the 'bar' type thing on the left of the image.
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    no its not a rip...

    alot of sites do that, and I think there was a site that did it even before inet (i cant just seem to remeber the name)..

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    There are plenty of sites that have toolbars, WAY before iNet even owned WHT. I have had them on a few of my sites since '99
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    Yeah in 1999 many sites started to put those up. And this one does not look like it is a rip of inet. Just another, of the many, sites that have toolbars.
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    Originally posted by Tee

    Image names are fairly alike, 'ic.gif' (ImageCabin) and 'inet.gif' (iNet)
    Well what the hell were they supposed to call it!

    sgvfgsft333xxxpr0n.gif?
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    Well, I cleared this up with the owner, I actually didnt know he was a friend of mine, apparently it was designed by someone else -- He agreed that it does look pretty close, but Im satisified with knowing that he didnt rip this.

    Mods can close this thread if they feel like it.
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    ive see lots of site that looks like that.... i dont think its not a rip
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    I remember XOOM.com using their XOOMbar back in 1999 and 2000 before they crashed and burned.
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