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Apple Backs Off DMCA Threats Against Wiki

Posted by samzenpus on from the red-light-green-light dept.

netbuzz writes "A wiki operator who was pressured by Apple's legal team into removing anonymous discussions about circumventing the company's music-playback software for iPods and iPhones says he is relieved that Apple has backed off and he'll be able to restore the disputed material. Apple dropped its claims of copyright and DMCA violation against BluWiki only under legal pressure of its own in the form of a lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

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  1. Re:I've said it for years by BasilBrush · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I dislike Microsoft because their technology is awful, and they put the makers of far better technology out of business. They grew by outflanking other businesses, often with dirty tricks or actual illegal methods. Not by having the best products.

    I don't feel the same about Apple, because although they behave as you'd expect a successful corporation to do, their technology is good. They make products that are nicer to use than anything else on the market. And that's how they are growing. That couldn't be said about Microsoft.