Monday, July 21, 2008
Kara Visits studiVZ in Berlin! (Yes, the Facebook of Germany–Lawsuit Pending!)
A few months ago BoomTown was in Berlin and visited a number of Internet companies there, including studiVZ, which I called the Facebook of Germany in the video posted below of my visit there.
Ooops!
As it turns out that is apparently the illegal way to describe it, at least according to Facebook itself, which sued the German company in a California court last Friday, accusing it of making a “knock-off” of the popular social networking site.
Apparently, studiVZ is also trying to block the suit in German court too, creating what amounts to an international SuperPoking incident (called a “gruscheln” on studiVZ).
