German Twitter clone aids TV show piracy

German Twitter clone aids TV show piracy

Frazr, a German-language clone of online messaging service Twitter, has not been growing fast enough to suit its founders.

Its solution: Partner with a company named Onlinetvrecorder, that plays in the legal gray-zone by allowing people to make free recordings of broadcasts from German TV stations,… Continue Reading

Samwers bankrolled Facebook clone, now Twitter clone

Samwers bankrolled Facebook clone, now Twitter clone

The Samwer brothers, the well-known European trio of entrepreneurs, have invested in Frazr, an exact duplicate of Twitter.

They have thus embarked on a reputation of backing blatant rip-offs of successful U.S. companies. They backed Studi-VZ, the Facebook in Germany, for example, in 2005, shortly after… Continue Reading