The Secret Apple Attack Against Adobe
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| It's almost as if Steve Jobs took a move from Bill Gates' Microsoft
| monopoly playbook, by tying the video format to the hardware devices,
| content providers have no choice but to adopt Apple's video
| software. Although it seems interesting that the Apple "tail"
| managed to wag the YouTube "dog." Who needs whom more?
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http://bigbrainboy.com/bigbrainboy/the_secret_apple_attack_against_adobe/
Related:
"Mysterious company" censors unflattering Steve Jobs video
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| While Robert X. Cringely says that the posting of five minutes of
| the show was probably in breach of copyright, he hadn't complained
| and neither had the programme maker Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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| The take down notice came from an outfit called NBD Television,
| which neither Cringely or Oregon Public Broadcasting had heard of.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38644
How Apple orchestrated web attack on researchers
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| Apple is a mega corporation that nearly smashed the reputation of
| two individuals with bogus claims of fraud. It didn't matter
| that they weren't the ones pulling the trigger because they
| were pulling all the strings.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=451
Apple Bullies Bloggers, Again
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| Apple has a history of using lawyers against bloggers. There was
| the now infamous Think Secret lawsuit, which may have had merit.
| But they also engage in clearly superfluous, bullying tactics as well.
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| The offending download page is here (the software has now been
| removed). Blogger Paul O'Brien simply linked to this download
| page and included a screenshot of the user interface and also
| received a cease & desist letter from Apple's lawyers.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/13/apple-bullies-bloggers-again/
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