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I wonder if the folks at Delicious Library are upset about Apple's new 'iBooks' app, that essentially looks the same as theirs.

http://www.delicious-monster.com/images/librarypage/screensh...

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/136360/thumbs/s-IBOOKS-...

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http://twitter.com/wilshipley/status/8289792566

http://twitter.com/wilshipley/status/8290423381

Ugh. Very lame on his part. His company doesn't magically hold exclusive rights to a bookshelf with books on it. Thankfully he realized that iBooks and Delicious Library are completely different products.

Well, I think there is doing something, and then doing something very well. Delicious Library did the bookshelf thing very well, and the iBooks thing seems to do it very well in a similar way.

I'm not saying he has a legal bone to pick or anything, just that he is allowed a tweet or two to hrmph about it.

Delicious Library is for cataloging your media and books. iBooks is iTunes but for purchasing books. Pretty different purposes.

I don't see how it's lame? He's stating they did take a pretty healthy chunk of his UI design, but then points out that is not all DL is...

Seems mixed, sort of: "they took my bling but DL is more than that, but dammit they took my bling".

Not to mention all of the carpenters in history that have built wooden shelves.

Yeah, I also though about that although I'm not sure using a wooden shelf is that revolutionary / unique. But then again, stranger things have been patented and trademarked so perhaps the Delicious Library guys might have a case.

Anyone ever play Myst? pretty sure they had the whole bookshelf and 3d page turning before DL or Classics...

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw it. Copyright is so tricky.

Wasn't the interface pioneered by Classics? I thought so.

Delicious Library predates the iPhone (unless Classics does too?)

Didn't know that. I was just asking.

Sure sure, just answering :)

One of those guys was hired by Apple a long time ago.

The DL guy noted on Twitter that everyone who'd worked on DL bar himself now works for Apple.

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