"Mysterious company" censors unflattering Steve Jobs video
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| While Robert X. Cringely says that the posting of five minutes of
| the show was probably in breach of copyright, he hadn't complained
| and neither had the programme maker Oregon Public Broadcasting.
|
| The take down notice came from an outfit called NBD Television,
| which neither Cringely or Oregon Public Broadcasting had heard of.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38644
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Apple failing to understand open source
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| There is a cost for not being a good Open Source citizen and that
| cost is loss of goodwill in the community. That loss is more
| expensive in the long run than Apple realizes.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/03/apple_failing_to_understand_op.html
How Apple orchestrated web attack on researchers
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| Apple is a mega corporation that nearly smashed the reputation of
| two individuals with bogus claims of fraud. It didn't matter
| that they weren't the ones pulling the trigger because they
| were pulling all the strings.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=451
EU consumer chief eschews another bite at Apple
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| In this week's edition of the German magazine Focus, Kuneva had
| been quoted as saying: "Do you think it's fine that a CD plays
| in all CD players but that an iTunes song only plays in an
| iPod? I don't. Something has to change."
|
| She stopped short of repeating that on Tuesday.
|
| "Somebody drew the comparison with Microsoft. No, this is not the
| case because the share of the market of Apple is really not a big
| one so there is not any reason to talk about infringement," Kuneva
| said.
|
| The Commission found in 2004 that U.S. software giant Microsoft
| abused its dominance in the PC operating system market, fined it
| nearly 500 million euros ($659 million) and ordered the company to
| change its business practices.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070313:MTFH27978_2007-03-13_17-05-45_L1392040&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/37tdbp
Lily Allen slates Apple's iTunes tactics
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| Apple accused of bullying musicians into providing exclusive
| content for iTunes
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http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17450
Apple Bullies Bloggers, Again
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| Apple has a history of using lawyers against bloggers. There was
| the now infamous Think Secret lawsuit, which may have had merit.
| But they also engage in clearly superfluous, bullying tactics as well.
|
| [...]
|
| The offending download page is here (the software has now been
| removed). Blogger Paul O'Brien simply linked to this download
| page and included a screenshot of the user interface and also
| received a cease & desist letter from Apple's lawyers.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/13/apple-bullies-bloggers-again/
EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes
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| Norway, a European country that is not in the EU, is battling Apple
| for the same reason. In January, it said the computer and software
| giant must liberalize its music download system by October 1 or
| face legal action.
|
| Pressure on Apple has been building, with consumer rights
| organizations from Germany, France, Finland and Norway recently
| agreeing a joint position in their battles against iTunes.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070311/wr_nm/eu_apple_dc
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