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Apple Lawyering Up On "Fake Steve Jobs"

Posted by kdawson on from the end-of-the-blog-as-we-know-it dept.

An anonymous reader sends us to The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs for a developing situation. Daniel Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs, made a post earlier today revealing that Apple was offering him some money (in the wake of the ThinkSecret shutdown) to close down his blog. He said he was interested in taking it. A few hours later, Lyons posted again revealing that Apple's lawyers had contacted him angrily, saying the details of the deal were supposed to remain private. Fake Steve replied 'we either deal out in the open, completely transparently, or we don't deal.' A third post gives details of Apple's lawyers' next response, going totally medieval on him. Since then the situation has calmed down a bit.

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  1. I really think it might be a good idea ... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    to boil a few of those kinds of attorneys in oil, just as a warning to others.

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    1. Re:I really think it might be a good idea ... by RHSC · · Score: 5, Funny

      While anything tastes good deep fried, fried lawyers would be pushing the limits of the medium

    2. Re:I really think it might be a good idea ... by shaggy43 · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you wrap it in bacon first, *anything* goes down smoothly.

    3. Re:I really think it might be a good idea ... by Tim+Browse · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Danes make the best bacon, IMO.

      Well, the Danes are certainly involved, but it's the pigs who are committed.

  2. Re:god by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    apple seems WORSE than other companies when it comes to this legal bullshit

    thats enough for me to say NO to future purchase of any apple products! yeah, me too!!

    At least, until the iPhone comes out in lime green...
  3. mnb Re:a joke? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Steve is a top poster?

  4. Re:Is everyone on Slashdot a frigtard? by Liquidrage · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, actually. Because I didn't read it on his blog. I have no history reading his blog. I read it on /.
    You're barking up the wrong tree. I expect stories posted here to be accurate for the most part. I'm not expected to be an expert on the stories, enough to call "BS" on them. You're post is utter crap. If this is a fake, the onus is on this site, not us that read this site.

  5. Re:It's also possible that fake Steve is being... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steve Jobs is a narcissistic cunt.

    It isn't libel if it's true!

  6. Re:sounds like some laws must have been broken by x1n933k · · Score: 2, Funny

    I imagine he agreed to give Apple this information or right to gather this information if he ever purchased a Mac online.

  7. Re:I'm just glad... by Kierthos · · Score: 2, Funny

    What? Apple more evil then Microsoft?

    Am I on bizarro-Slashdot or something?

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