Elliott C. Back: Internet & Technology

The Wall: Web 2.0 Standard Feature, or Infringing Use?

Posted in Graphics, Law by Elliott Back on November 1st, 2005.

I recently saw the same feature with the same name on two different websites, Planzo and Facebook. “The Wall” is a common area associated with your profile where other users can leave comments, a sort of public one-shot guestbook. Both services have Walls and they seem too similar to me:

Facebook Wall
Facebook’s Wall Feature

Planzo Wall
Planzo’s Wall Feature

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2 Responses to “The Wall: Web 2.0 Standard Feature, or Infringing Use?”

  1. shyloh says:

    I think I will agree with Luis on that.

  2. My guess is, they are either:

    1) Really, really popular…
    2) Both sites belong to the same owner, and he forgot to change the themes…

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