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January 6, 2021 12:53 pm

Facebook ordered to pay $4.7M to Italian developer over copycat feature





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Facebook has been ordered to pay €3.83 million (around $4.72 million) in damages to an Italian developer over the social network’s “Nearby” feature. Reuters reports that the Milan-based appeals court upheld a 2019 ruling saying Facebook had copied the feature from developer Business Competence’s Faround app.


The case dates back to 2012. That year, Business Competence launched Faround which was designed to help users find Facebook friends near their location. The app quickly gained ground in the Italian market, Reuters previously reported. However, just months later, Facebook launched its own Nearby feature, which also competed with the likes of Foursquare and Yelp, and downloads of Faround reportedly plummeted.




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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/6/22216692/facebook-nearby-feature-copied-italian-court-app-faround

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