Microsoft suspends site after claims it stole code

 

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By Reuters

Posted on 15 Dec 2009 at 14:28

Microsoft has temporarily suspending its MSN China microblogging site, Juku, as it investigates a complaint of plagiarism.

Microsoft is working with the MSN China joint venture to investigate the situation, the company said in a statement on its website.

In a blog post, start-up firm Plurk claimed that about 80% of the client and product codebase for Microsoft's Juku appears to be a copy of its own service.

"Plurk was never approached nor collaborated in any capacity with Microsoft on this service," Plurk said in the blog.

Microsoft launched MSN Juku, which was created with an independent vendor, in November, allowing users to find friends via microblogging and online games.