Microsoft copies Ubuntu logo

The [MSN Spaces](http://spaces.msn.com/) service recently passed out of its beta phase. On visiting the service’s [home page](http://spaces.msn.com/), regular readers of OSNews will likely recognise a shocking degree of similarity between the Spaces logo and that of distro-of-the-moment [Ubuntu Linux](http://www.ubuntulinux.org). The similarity is obvious when switching between the [Spaces](http://spaces.msn.com/) and [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntulinux.org/) pages in separate browser tabs. In the sites’ favicons, the three circles representing human heads are in the exact same positions in both logos. There is also a blog within MSN Spaces that has been set up to show Ubuntu’s logo [side by side with Microsoft’s ripped-off version](http://spaces.msn.com/members/spaceslogo/). Have a look before Microsoft hears from [Canonical’s](http://www.canonical.com/) lawyers.

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