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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:Without a Care for the Consumer by BasilBrush · · Score: 0, Troll

    The difference is that Apple's visions are well designed, seamless experiences. Microsoft's visions have always been piles of excrement.

    As to the basic thrust of not interoperating with others, this is not generally true. Apple's products conform to all sorts of official standards for interoperability.

  2. Re:Apple is the new Microsoft by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 0, Troll

    umm.. then, Amazon must have sold DRM-ed digital music before they came up with free digital music, right?