Stealing From “City Lakes Real Estate” Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery . . . but copying verbatim (plagiarizing) is illegal! That appears to be exactly what something or someone called “Dirk Isabelle’s Blog” is doing to “City Lakes Real Estate.” I’ve been advised by a local attorney that simply locating the offending...Read More
Stealing From “City Lakes Real Estate” Note to Readers: imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery . . . but copying verbatim (plagiarizing) is illegal! That appears to be exactly what something called “Dirk Isabelle’s Blog” is doing to “City Lakes Real Estate.” I’ve been advised by a local attorney that simply locating the...Read More
[Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway (“Berkshire”), or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] Napster — the copyright infringing, file-sharing, early Internet darling of the ’90’s — may have deserved to die. See, “copyright infringement.” But,...Read More
Acura vs. LEXUS vs. Hyundai Is it just me, or do the logo’s of Acura, LEXUS, and Hyundai all look vaguely interchangeable? They all start with a modernistic, boomerang-like shape, then rotate and tweak it until it resembles an “A” or “L” or “H.” I suppose one conclusion is that “great minds think alike,” and each company’s designers independently arrived...Read More
