November 18, 2003

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Yehey and Yahoo

When Yehey.com came out, it wasn't quick to hide the fact that it was to be a mimic -- say it, a rip-off -- of Yahoo.com, the name "yehey!" being the Tagalog version of "yahoo!". Hindi ba "whoo!"?

Anyway, I was checking out their new groups section (free pinoy porn -- but I didn't sign up, honest), and I found even more interesting similarities:


Thin line between imitation and plagiarism.

Comments

How would you categorize Pinoy "artists" who go by the labels "Elvis Presley of the Philippines", "Michael Jackson of the Philippines", etc.?

Maybe this is all about colonial mentality.