Meet Plinga, Apparently Zynga's German Copycat

While Zynga, like most other social game developers, has habitually been “inspired” by others’ successful games, the company itself is apparently now being cloned in Germany. Or at least the attempt is being made, and by none other than a company funded by the Samwer brothers.

The three brothers have made a career founding or investing in German companies closely modeled after American ones. For example, they invested in German Facebook clone StudiVZ, sold their shares, and in

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