According to Quickquid's article, Apple applied for a patent on the 27th October. If you were a desperate businessman with your ears close to the ground and you heard an Apple executive mention "ITunes", what would you do?
If in four years the best use Cohen has for this domain name is to forward it to his advertisement coupons (which is now where it leads), I would say that Apple have some ground to get annoyed. Furthermore, although it would be difficult to prove that Cohen knew about their project when he registered the domain, he admits in the register's interview this may not be neccessary.
All Apple need do is stress that technologically illiterate people visiting www.itunes.co.uk could conceivably be deluded into thinking that these discount links are what they are advertising. Now call me a cynic, but I think they have a point.
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According to Quickquid's article, Apple applied for a patent on the 27th October. If you were a desperate businessman with your ears close to the ground and you heard an Apple executive mention "ITunes", what would you do?
If in four years the best use Cohen has for this domain name is to forward it to his advertisement coupons (which is now where it leads), I would say that Apple have some ground to get annoyed. Furthermore, although it would be difficult to prove that Cohen knew about their project when he registered the domain, he admits in the register's interview this may not be neccessary.
All Apple need do is stress that technologically illiterate people visiting www.itunes.co.uk could conceivably be deluded into thinking that these discount links are what they are advertising. Now call me a cynic, but I think they have a point.