Did ReTweet Repeat TweetMeme’s Code?

In a third-party Twitter-application plagiarism row, Nick Halstead of TweetMeme pointed out in a blog post that ReTweet, which hasn’t even launched yet, contained “retweet button Javascript and the WordPress plugin code [that] seemed to have been directly copied from ours,” CNET reported.

Halstead added that TweetMeme is “seeking further legal advice,” saying his post was prompted by a commenter on an article on TechCrunch, who claims to have discovered the matching code.

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