<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056676750561504607</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:36:15.641-04:00</updated><category term='file sharing'/><category term='idea theft'/><category term='scott ableman'/><category term='design theft'/><category term='depositfiles'/><category term='rapidshare'/><category term='post-it note'/><category term='3m theft'/><title type='text'>KopyKats</title><subtitle type='html'>When Inspiration becomes downright Thievery</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056676750561504607/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056676750561504607.post-2292147581484445446</id><published>2008-09-16T22:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-16T23:19:54.784-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea theft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='post-it note'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scott ableman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3m theft'/><title type='text'>3M Rips Viral Marketting Idea from Scott Ableman</title><summary type='text'>Scott Ableman, an amateur photographer, documented a quirky and clever prank on a co-workers esteemed Jaguar parked in the company parking lot, whereby workers covered the car in post-it notes. After gaining much attention, including coverage from ABC News and Yahoo, 3M seemed to have gained notice of it roughly a year later.What follows is a sleazy attempt by 3M's marketting division to steal Mr</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/feeds/2292147581484445446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056676750561504607&amp;postID=2292147581484445446' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056676750561504607/posts/default/2292147581484445446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056676750561504607/posts/default/2292147581484445446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/2008/09/3m-rips-viral-marketting-idea-from.html' title='3M Rips Viral Marketting Idea from Scott Ableman'/><author><name>Jan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056676750561504607.post-4332016830729853683</id><published>2008-09-14T18:19:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-14T18:37:01.231-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='idea theft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rapidshare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design theft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depositfiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='file sharing'/><title type='text'>DepositFiles Steals from Rapidshare</title><summary type='text'>Rapidshare  is the largest file sharing service, with more files and traffic being shared through it then any other site on the web. They are amongst the first successful sites to carve up an audience in this industry and still manage to survive, where others had encountered difficulty. With that said, it's understandable that many sites have sprung up trying to fill the gaps and voids that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/feeds/4332016830729853683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056676750561504607&amp;postID=4332016830729853683' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056676750561504607/posts/default/4332016830729853683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056676750561504607/posts/default/4332016830729853683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/2008/09/depositfiles-steals-from-rapidshare.html' title='DepositFiles Steals from Rapidshare'/><author><name>Jan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U56nNczfa6Q/SM2QHduTcNI/AAAAAAAAAGU/zTg_CsqXykQ/s72-c/rsvsdeposit2.PNG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056676750561504607.post-4620990575896386187</id><published>2008-08-30T02:03:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-25T15:24:36.090-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Enough is Enough: Calling Out Thieves</title><summary type='text'>There's a giant epidemic across the Internet, and I'm not talking about viruses or malware. Rather idea and design thieves run rampant on the Internet hiding behind pseudo names, blatantly copying others designs, images, or creative ideas and attempting to pass them off as their own.This is a problem that doesn't just affect the web design community, but one that extends towards programmers, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/feeds/4620990575896386187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056676750561504607&amp;postID=4620990575896386187' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056676750561504607/posts/default/4620990575896386187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056676750561504607/posts/default/4620990575896386187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kopykats.blogspot.com/2008/08/enough-is-enough-calling-out-thieves.html' title='Enough is Enough: Calling Out Thieves'/><author><name>Jan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
