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God I hate rippers. :@

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They have also ripped Gant MSN - calling it Aqua MSN but even using Rolando's screenshot.

People like them disgust me. 8o|

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Advanced Messenger Plus seems not to be the same quality of Messenger Plus and costs $14.95 to use when the trial is up! They could have at least called it something different.

I don't like them having the same name with Advanced on the front, and never have, it implies that their version is an advanced version of Messenger Plus. People think MP and AMP software is made by the same person.

I don't know where the law stands on this, but with their name being an obvious rip off of Messenger Plus, can't legal action be taken.
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I don't know where the law stands on this, but with their name being an obvious rip off of Messenger Plus, can't legal action be taken.

Patchou only has copyrights on MsgPlus! and Messenger Plus! (not without the !) so i dont think he can do anything about it
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Patchou only has copyrights on MsgPlus! and Messenger Plus! (not without the !) so i dont think he can do anything about it
Indeed, but if the name is so similar that it could cause easy confusion. I've heard of cases where your existing copyright can be so close to someone elses, that was made after, that you have grounds for a lawsuit, however as I said before I don't know where the law stands on this for sure.
For example I couln't make a company called Mikrosoft, due to the fact that Microsoft would see it as an obvious rip off.
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I do remember a while back about 2 years ago, when Patchou first found out about this and to my knowledge shut them down.

From what I have heard, Advanced Messenger Plus has all the features of Messenger Plus! Its annoying that someone is trying to rip off the greatest program ever created. :@
07-30-2005 04:24 PM
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Its annoying that someone is trying to rip off the greatest program ever created. :@

hmm dont get out much do you :S


tbh: yeah its a rip off. you have to pay to even visit a page on the site. what you expect...

i like how it says aqua msn and it says gant msn in the screen shot :)
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God I hate rippers. :@

Click here to view.

They have also ripped Gant MSN - calling it Aqua MSN but even using Rolando's screenshot.

People like them disgust me. 8o|


Im sorry buy incase you havent noticed thats a fake site that tries to give you viruses using ActiveX.
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RE: Advanced Messenger Plus! and other rips
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i like how it says aqua msn and it says gant msn in the screen shot

lmao I just realised that too...lol...
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Im sorry buy incase you havent noticed thats a fake site that tries to give you viruses using ActiveX.

Patchou should still try and do something about this:s

EDIT: lmao they even try and make you pay to get msn messenger 7...this calls for a Microsoft alert:P Im telling them right now

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Of course I don't get out Stigmata, I am a professional geek. :D

Apart ActiveX - I don't use IE, I use Firefox. So ActiveX doesn't apply to me. :P
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same here:P which is one reason I use firefox...it keeps me safe from stupid things like that...

I contacted Microsoft about that site!

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