[Craigster75]

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fanny wang, soul by ludacris, that 50cent headphone from sms audio, yammy pro series, beats...
 
beats should sue this "company" too! =))
 
http://www.cdrking.com/?mod=products&type=view&sid=14742&main=34

They look nothing like Beats

 

[Armaegis]

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They're only suing for $75,000 though, so I don't think profit is a major motivation.

 
$75k for advertising/publicity is a drop in the bucket for big companies. 

 

[ourfpshero]

headphones have been copying designs for 100 years now, since the 1st radio operator headphones. I doubt any headphone design is completely unique anymore.

 

[JuanseAmador]

In all honesty, I think beats actually have a point there...

What about them copying Shure.

 

[PurpleAngel]

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Dr Who.....ha ha.

 

[rckyosho]

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headphones have been copying designs for 100 years now, since the 1st radio operator headphones. I doubt any headphone design is completely unique anymore.

 
I agree.
 
It's called competition.Riding on the popularity is a natural thing to do.If you could improve on the design or sound why not? This is the way to move forward no? Frankly suing is just saying that your not capable of making a better product and shows the confident level you have with your product is low and afraid of competition.Suing just stifle competition IMHO.In the end the more the merrier right...more choices for us consumers be it for the price,design or sound.

 

[Th3 James]

I never thought that the beats headphones looked good. They just look like cheap glossy plastic crap. 

 

[Currawong]

$75k? They probably have already spent far more money on consulting lawyers about the design before the release.

 

[kalbee]

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To be honest, before the whole Beats thing... I had no idea who Dre was.

For me it was the Dr. Pepper commercial back in the days.
Then I totally forgot about him.
 
 
The Yamaha's look so much nicer, even if just thanks to the IMHO better looking logo.

 

[streetdragon]

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What about them copying Shure.

i was just about to say that


 

just maybe not as obvious as yamaha's attempt though

 

[MrViolin]

I didn't get the "Dr.... who?" thing until now. LOL. Way to go Yamaha. 
As for suing... meh. I wouldn't blame either of them. Yamaha was kinda asking for it w/ the "Dr... who?" ,which IMO is really hilarious, and the mainstream like for beats is outrageous. 
I even advised a guy in my class to go the head-fi, but nope, he just went straight ahead and bought beats.
Overall, it's kinda boarder-line grey.
 
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But this:
 

For me it was the Dr. Pepper commercial back in the days.
Then I totally forgot about him.
 
 
The Yamaha's look so much nicer, even if just thanks to the IMHO better looking logo.
 

 

[EPICFAILXD]

Beats rip people off by being expensive and sounding terrible, so it should be fair for manufacturers to rip off their designs.

 

[Destroysall]

Did they ever patent their design? If not, this is just a game of pointing fingers...

 

[pro1137]

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Did they ever patent their design? If not, this is just a game of pointing fingers...

 
I don't even think Beats would be allowed to patent it. Considering how the design is pretty unoriginal already.

 

[linglingjr]

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$75k for advertising/publicity is a drop in the bucket for big companies. 

^This I'm surprised only one person has said this.  Even if beats loose their case they still win because of all the attention they're getting.