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Etymology

So where did the term originate? Who is it attributed to? I first heard it in 1981.

Sony

Someone had a chip on their shoulder about Sony, especially the Playstation. I took out some vandalism. Also there was a reference to high speed internet in South Africa, without any discussion as to whether that was a market rate for the internet or not.

Other Definitions

What about movies and things that take ideas from others and say it's original or that they have used it in some new way and haven't? That's a very common use, and I think it should be mentioned. Gopherbassist 09:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New York Lotto is the world's biggest ripoff. Only 40% of sales is paid back in prizes. 216.179.123.104 19:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate Meanings

The article Video game clone links to here, but in its context, it means a copyright-infringing close-duplicate of a game. Uber-Awesomeness (talk) 14:41, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism and such

I just laughed at the thing on first paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.127.92.131 (talk) 02:42, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]