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Mac OS X Tiger Accidentally Shipped Early
boarder8925 writes "Engadget reports: 'In many places around the world, Mac fans and Apple distributors received a shipment they weren't quite expecting: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger arrived at the door a full eight days ahead of schedule for some lucky folks who pre-ordered. Vendors PCMall/MacMall and ClubMac gave pre-order customers a treat by unleashing the OS ahead of schedule, quickly followed up by a 'recall' of the copies from PCMall.'"
Ok responding to the same thing twice , bad show i know but i had another thought . .
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first off I do not support what Thepiratebay is doing , but i have a problem with apples lawyer.
First off you do not send a legal threat to a sweedish site citing US law.
Second if your going to send a legal threat for the love of god do it in the right language , as sending it in english can cause problems
Apple need to have a word with their lawyer about this as it is bad practice
Other than that , apple do have good cause to be angry at this site
However i do not yet know if bittorent sites can in all sanity be proesecuted for any breach , as First they are only holding information pertaining to the download IE: the torrent(not any copyright material) and in civil cases i don't think you can be prosecuted for such things(obviously very difrent in criminal law) in most european countrys.
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
It's perfectly legal (currently) to download music etc.
While it isn't legal to distribute copyrighted material without a license to do so, I'm not sure that "bits and pieces" of protected work are protected.
What you're actually saying is that people who do not spread copyrighted material, do not do anything illegal - should be convicted of crime.
You're the real asshole in this story.
Arrogant to no end, you seem to think that your "moral high-ground" allows you to slander the laws of a country currently being supportive of the digital lifestyle.
I eagerly await your response, along with a -1 moderation.
"Arrogant to no end"
It is arrogant for some American companies trying to enfore American laws in foreign countries... .
I think this was gone over in the "It Just Works" story.
Microsoft R&D may be great stuff, but it doesn't make it into the products, because the suits are afraid of not making money.
What's the point of release dates anyhow?
With digital distribution now finally catching on, it would be in the best interest of most companies to release when it's done.. I'd much prefer to download a (legal) burnable disc image than have to wait for a box to show up.
IMHO much piracy is due to impatient souls who simply can't wait for the release. Music is a great exmaple of this. I say when it goes gold, release it. Many of these downloaders would probably pay for it.
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But morally, hanging onto both shuffles would be wrong. In the Tiger case, people are trying to jerk them around, so they could keep their current copy until the release and exchange it for a "legit" copy and have a clear conscience. But with the shuffles, if the company realized their error and scheduled a pre-paid pickup, you should give it back. It's not actually your property, but by law you can keep it if you want - that doesn't mean it's right. If a $20 bill falls out of some guy's pocket and you pick it up, legally you could keep it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it back.
Well as the "moore library issue" and "your information wants to be free" stories show. There's a large number who don't think like that. Todays motto is "what's in it for me?". That's until the consequences of such come home to roost. Then it's "all your fault for me being a bad person." Multiply this with each succeeding generation, and you see were societies heading.
I think the case law in Sweden firmly supports what thepiratebay is doing, especially since they are just a torrent tracker.
I got a Mac at work a few weeks ago, a Powerbook G4 or something, probably about one year old.
I call troll.
If you have a one year old PB G4,or a PowerBook G4 or at all, it says so on the computer. Under the screen. In center. You would be blind not to see it, deliberate troll or a retard to call it "a Powerbook G4 or something" when it clearly says "PowerBook G4" on the computer.
Basically, yeah. The reason people buy things rather than making them themselves is so they can trade money for convenience. Here at Apple, we've established a reputation -- mostly, but not entirely, deserved -- for making the right decisions. If you buy an Apple product, be it a thing or a piece of software, you can be pretty darned confident that it will have been done right.
According to last quarter's financials, we're doing pretty well in the marketplace. Our year-over-year sales went up by something like 40%.
You draw your own conclusions.