Now that Apple’s lawyers have scared the pants off of small entrepreneurs selling products like the Profit Pod and TightPod — items that have nothing to with portable audio in any way, mind you — it seems that the next targets are companies that have the audacity to use the word “podcast” in their names. […]
The Reporters Without Borders organization has sent a letter to Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs asking him to implore iPod supplier Foxconn to drop a lawsuit against two Chinese journalists who wrote an article critical of working conditions at a Foxconn Electronics factory. Wang You and Weng Bao of China Business News have been hit […]
Apple has decided to drop its contentious case against online news journalists at Apple Insider and O’Grady’s PowerPage. The company has decided not to appeal against the recent judgement in the case which favoured the US writers. Macworld UK – Apple drops Asteroid action technorati tags:Apple, Legal
AppleDefects.com has the scoop on Apple’s further expunging the word “lap” from marketing materials for their “notebooks.” Do you remember our story last week regarding Apple’s hypocritical marketing and website suggesting to use the MacBook on your lap? Here is a clip from their Student Orientation site to refresh your memory: Well, they no longer […]
The Lot 49 blog reports that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has ruled that bloggers are journalists. The ruling reports: The Fired Up network of blogs qualifies for the “press exemption” to federal campaign finance laws. The press exemption, as defined by Congress, is meant to assure “the unfettered right of the newspapers, TV networks, […]