It is sometimes interesting and amusing to see how even big players steal from each other

I was very surprised to see that a flash ad for Yahoo! Music has a video screenshot resembling… YouTube video… When clicking the Video section of the mentioned ad, I was redirected to Yahoo! Music

Maybe I am mistaken, but from what I understand even the flash player design is a matter of design copyright. Maybe I am wrong - then please correct me in comments.

Yahoo!Music Ad Initial - Check the player frame

Yahoo!Music Ad After Click- Check the player frame

Yahoo!Music Typical player frame

YouTube Typical player frame

Player frames compared to the one in Yahoo! Ad

Few questions arise:

• Is Yahoo!Music together with YouTube?
• Is Yahoo!Music trying subliminal user driving from YouTube to Yahoo!Music
• Is YouTube licensing somehow it’s player design to other market players?

Thoughts are welcome, as always.

PS: the link which displayed the mentioned ad was found here

Copyright disclaimer: all the trademarks mentioned here are owned by the respective owners. The same applies to the graphical designs depicted in the screenshots.

Tags: yahoo music, yahoo, youtube, copyright