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Apple Sics Lawyers on SomethingAwful
bheer writes "Apple has sent a threatening letter to SomethingAwful about a post in its forums that describes how to fix the overheating in some MacBook Pros by applying thermal paste properly, according to a post on Gizmodo. The post includes a brief excerpt from Apple's Service Source Manual which Apple wants removed. Gizmodo continues: 'the real problem [is] that the image shows the extremely sloppy manufacturing process that is causing the MacBook Pro to run at temperatures as high as a 95 degrees Celcius under full load.'"
I keep referring to them as being run by a turtlenecked sociopath. This behavior, suing anyone they don't like, control freakery and related things that make you want to scream 'cult' at the top of your lungs comes from one place.
They are banking bad karma at a terrifying rate, and as soon as cracks appear in their fashion-oriented views of computing, they are going to fall. Hard.
-Charlie
Unauthorized reprint of a manual. A take down notice due to valid infringement? Not much to see here.. Sounds to me like someone wants to bash apple and is grasping at straws to do it.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Serious. Screw apple and their 'intellectual property' bullshit.
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They are sueing their own customers! Nobody does that, not even Microsoft. And it's not like Apple hasn't been doing this before..
Putting DRM in their itunes products and then forcing a application that removes the DRM to be developed outside the United States.
Suing multiple websites and blogs for posting information about up and coming products. These are Apple's FANBOYS they are throwing lawyers at.
And now suing SomethingAwful??!! WTF are they thinking?
This goes to show you that between Microsoft and Apple desktops you should be happy that Microsoft won because Apple is worse then Bill Gates and friends... The only difference is that Apple is too small to cause much damage compared to Microsoft.
Seriously. Who do you think said this:
"The PC wars are over. Microsoft won a long time ago. If I were the head of Apple, I would milk the Mac for all it's worth and then move on the next big thing."
Steve Jobs, of course. And he was right, and is still right.
If your a Linux or *BSD user and somebody asks you why don't use just use OS X just point them at these links and remember that quote:
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/antislapp.html
http://news.com.com/Apple+lawsuit+Thinking+differ
Seriously. Do you want to want to give your money to a company that is trying to subvert the First Amendment of the U.S. constitution in the name of protecting their 'Trade secrets'?
I own a Ibook now, but I'll NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER APPLE PRODUCT EVER AGAIN.
No itunes. No ipod. No Imac, powermac or any such nonsesense. Never again.
Well, thanks for the link. I was about to forward it to someone in Apple's legal department, but it looks like they're way ahead of me.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Please refrain from writing about something you know nothing about.
Not very big on taking your own advice, are you?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."