OT: Yahoo! Sports getting a little close in formatting?
In my daily viewing of all things college football, and having read UV earlier today, the format of Y!Sports' article seems almost copied from mgoblog.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Headlinin-U…-?urn=ncaaf-314686
Does anyone else think this is extremely close?
P.S.
I also noticed that earlier on the main page the title of a local article said:
"Mich. braces for strom forecast to bw worst ever - DetNews"
January 31st, 2011 at 6:33 PM ^
I don't see it.
Plus, they don't have any...whaddya call 'em...
Charts?
Yeah, those.
January 31st, 2011 at 8:27 PM ^
I am genuinely impressed
January 31st, 2011 at 6:39 PM ^
I'm pretty sure Brian doesn't have a copyright on writing things in bullet point.
January 31st, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
What, like bullet points? Banner? Content in the middle of the page with useful sidebars? Comments section? Those bastards.
January 31st, 2011 at 7:26 PM ^
ZOMG!! Bloggers are using formats that make it easy for their audience.
January 31st, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^
Well I hope they didn't copy everything. I really don't have reliable sports information without Mgoblog or Dr. Saturday, and I don't want to worry about malware again.
January 31st, 2011 at 6:52 PM ^
I wish negging still actually served a purpose. I miss it :( I'm gonna neg my own post just in sadness
January 31st, 2011 at 7:00 PM ^
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January 31st, 2011 at 7:31 PM ^
For the record, Doc Saturday and others have been doing these headline-type posts with smaller tidbits at the end for ages now. Nothing new, and certainly not anything copied.
January 31st, 2011 at 7:32 PM ^
I'm pretty sure this is just a fairly standard format for roundup-style blog posts. You could also accuse EDSBS's Curious Index of "stealing" the same format. Given that Brian is buddies with Matt Hinton & Spencer Hall, I don't think any perceived plagiarism is an issue.
January 31st, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
Even if Doc Saturday did get the inspiration for that format from Brian, so what? It's pretty common knowledge that they read and respect one another.
Nothing to see here; move along.
January 31st, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
You copied us!
