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FLIP PDF FOR MAC REVIEW SOFTWARE
While I have no evidence to back up my suspicions, it seems entirely possible that there may only be one software who has developed the basic engine to perform this trick, but there are multiple clones of that company strewn about (mostly China, it appears) to sell the same product under a different company name. In addition to the identical pricing, I observe a remarkable similarity in the design of the websites offering virtually the same product with the same set of features. What I find very curious is that-with a few exceptions-all of the vendors in this market offer a standard product for $100 and a "pro" product for $300, which I find rather steep for a product that is essentially a flashy (excuse the pun) one-trick pony.
FLIP PDF FOR MAC REVIEW PDF
Now I know what smells.Īctually I wish someone would do an in-depth review and comparison of what appears to be a glut of software designed to turn PDF files into page-flipping documents, whether the trick is done with Flash or with HTML5. See, I knew back then something was fishy. But what is my legal relationship, or obligation, to FlipBuilder now? Cheating and lying gets to be so messy, when greed takes over.
the software engine inside my licensed copy from 1stFlip actually belongs to FlipBuilder. I did not intentionally wish to cause any economic harm to FlipBuilder, if indeed. I could not afford to spend $300 for an application that I feel is grossly overpriced for what it does from the git-go, and the only reason I opted to buy 1st Flip’s offering was due to the facts that the software does decently do what it promises (mostly), and because it was marked down to a more realistically affordable price, thanks to the MacUpdate promo. That means that I get no updates or technical support either. My ethical dilemma now is that, having purchased a copy of 1st Flip during a 60% off promotion run here by MacUpdate, what position am I for having licensed software that was illegally developed in the first place? The probability is high that the greedy 1tFlip owners will be put out of business or jailed, if they can be located. That skin-peeling has finally been done, and now there is plenty of damming evidence, so it won’t be long before 1st Flip rolls over and dies, if it hasn’t abandoned its offices already. Everything looked alike to my eyes, but I had no tools with which to peel back the skins and examine the insides, where the software engines reside, to come to anything remotely approaching evidentiary stature. But, as I said then, I had no evidence to back up my suspicions. While it is quite disturbing to uncover actual evidence of the theft, part of me is somewhat amused and entertained, for I had perceived all this happening back in January, when I was checking out the market prior to buying something I could affordably use.
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The side-by-side comparison of the nearly identical interfaces, bolstered by a look into the code built into the engines of both software products, will be convincing evidence to any objective, rational judge that 1st Flip ripped off Flipbuilder without the intelligence, talent, or subtleness to cover up their crime.
I suspect that the legal hammers have already fallen on their heads, and rightly so. If you go to the 1stFlip, it’s no wonder you can no longer download their current versions: they are all marked as “Unavailable.”
It is a compelling indictment of plagiarism in the field of software theft. I have examined the document which JakeT8832 directed us to read.
FLIP PDF FOR MAC REVIEW PRO
As someone whose analysis of this flip-book market back in late January 2014 led me to write that “something doesn’t smell right” with all the similarity between websites and interfaces of software designed to do exactly the same thing, I find the revelation at the 1stFlip Flipbook Creator Pro record here on MacUpdate by an apparent Flipbuilder staffer that their competitor over at 1stFlip actually stole their engine code to be quite remarkable, yet, given how things are progressing in entrepreneurial China, which is not a signatory to copyright laws, not so surprising.
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