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Apple Settles with Tiger Leaker

Posted by Zonk on from the not-confidential dept.

The Hobo writes "CNet is carrying a story about Apple reaching a settlement with one of the Tiger leakers, 22-year-old Doug Steigerwald. The terms of the settlement were not released, but it was said that money will be paid to Apple. To quote Doug, 'As a member of Apple's Developer Connection program I received a pre-release version of Apple's Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger' software, which I promised to keep confidential, instead, I disseminated it over the Internet, and thousands of unauthorized copies of Apple's software were illegally distributed to the public'"

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  1. payment by SpongeBobLinuxPants · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it was said that money will be paid to Apple.

    like $50,000 a year to Apple from him not working there anymore?

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    1. Re:payment by Gilmoure · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Uh...yeah, he wasn't an elephantoplasty but a membrane of Applet's Devolving Corruption...or something.

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  2. golf pros going soft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i didn't think he was old enough for the depends yet, and i was sure he was allready sponsored by buick...

  3. Re:That proves it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate apple people.

    This is not what this post was about. It was about apple screwing everyone that comes near them. This is why I don't talk to mac people any more.

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  5. Re:Curious by tehwebguy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    iTunes doesn't offer a subscription service : )

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  6. Re:I guess signing a Non Disclosure... by DarkMantle · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I usually don't like spelling/grammar nazi's, but enlighten me.

    WTF is a "thowsand"?

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  7. Ep! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Users With Large its corpse turned it tphere. Bring

  8. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This ranks up there with the baseball steroids story.
    In the real world, people dont get a flying fsck whether a piece of software is released a fwe months early.

  9. Re:Curious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the fuck is I-Tunes? Sounds like something for Linux, although it doesnt have enough complicated letters, I bet the app is really called pyTunesforLinuxFedoraSuxGentooRulez. Of course, I tried to apt-get it and it installed to /usr/local/bin/ but my path is only /usr. Then I realized Linux bites donkey nutsack and switched back to OS X.

    I use iTunes daily, but this queer knock-off subscription based app I-Tunes should really be pointed out to Apple Legal.

  10. A message from your union: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Don't forget to pay your $699 licensing fee, you cock-smoking tea baggers!

    And you non-cock-smoking ones, too!