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Re:Content Stealing Jerks by whacked_new on Sunday March 29, 2009 @11:53AM (#537442)
TaoTao (twitter), youku (youtube), digg.cn, faceren, and now cnprog.

I heard that there are teams in China that take orders as simple as "copy site X," and get it done within a month or so.

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Re:Content Stealing Jerks by jasonkester on Sunday March 29, 2009 @03:11PM (#537661)
Google the name of any tech startup and you'll come across oDesk projects titled "[startup] clone", with tons of bids. There are teams actively cloning Twiddla right now (as evidenced by accepted bids to projects like the above). It's just the way it goes.
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