If the new Ping sidebar that was launched today as a part of iTunes 10.0.1 looks familiar, perhaps it's because you've been using the iLike Sidebar -- an iTunes (and Windows Media Player) plug-in that does pretty much the same thing. We know at least one person finds the two very similar: Ali Partovi, the co-founder of iLike.
"I just hope Apple also copies iLike's mission of democratizing music by empowering artists, especially the little guys. With Ping's restrictions so far on artist signup, the major labels are the winners, not artists, and that breaks my heart," Partovi told us today when asked about Ping's newest feature.
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