Virgin Accuses Apple of Abusing Monopoly

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Japan accuses Microsoft of monopoly

Japan accuses Microsoft of monopoly 07/14/2004 08:26 AM
Japan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a cease-and-desist order against Microsoft Corp, alleging that the United States software giant's restrictive licensing terms imposed on Japanese personal-computer (PC) manufacturers constituted anti-competitive behavior. The provision in question prevents PC makers from claiming patent rights to related technologies against Microsoft or other producers. Japan is the first to allege that the clause violates anti-monopoly law.

RealNetworks accuses Microsoft of
monopoly, files suit

RealNetworks accuses Microsoft of
monopoly, files suit 12/18/2003 09:56 PM
Seattle Times Dec 18 2003 8:30PM ET

Yahoo, Apple and Google are Abusing your
Trust

Yahoo, Apple and Google are Abusing your
Trust 06/17/2005 03:45 PM

Apple a Monopoly?

Apple a Monopoly? 01/06/2005 12:06 PM

Apparently Apple isn't just taking people to court, they're also being sued by an unhappy iTMS customer. It seems Thomas Slattery is being "forced" to buy an iPod if he wants to use the songs he purchased from the iTunes Music Store. Last I checked you could listen to any song from the iTMS either on your PC or burn it to a CD. Truth be told, he could burn it to a CD and then rip it back and listen to it on whatever MP3 player he wanted.

"Apple has unlawfully bundled, tied, and/or leveraged its monopoly in the market for the sale of legal online digital music recordings to thwart competition in the separate market for portable hard drive digital music players, and vice-versa," the suit charged.

To follow this logic is like saying I could sue Microsoft because they don't publish their entire software catalog for Linux or OS X. I'm being "forced" to buy a PC with Windows on it. Should I be able to sue simply because I can't run Access on my Mac? Hmmm... We'll see how Mr. Slattery fares at his attempt before I send lawyers to Redmond.

Via iPodlounge.

Apple sued for iTunes monopoly practices

Apple sued for iTunes monopoly practices 01/06/2005 09:40 AM
Cory Doctorow: An iTunes user is suing Apple under US anti-trust laws for locking non-iPod players out of playing back iTunes music.

"Apple has turned an open and interactive standard into an artifice that prevents consumers from using the portable hard drive digital music player of their choice," the lawsuit states...

"Apple has unlawfully bundled, tied, and/or leveraged its monopoly in the market for the sale of legal online digital music recordings to thwart competition in the separate market for portable hard drive digital music players, and vice-versa," the lawsuit said.

Mr Slattery called himself an iTunes customer who "was also forced to purchase an Apple iPod" if he wanted to take his music with him to listen to.

link (Thanks, Tom!)

Apple Fussy; Accuses Fuse Over Parody
Ads

Apple Fussy; Accuses Fuse Over Parody
Ads 07/26/2004 12:45 PM

Apparently Apple's none-too-keen on music video channel Fuse's new outdoor advertisements which mimic the iPod silhouettes campaign, replacing Apple's dancing music fans with people enjoying a nice pull of the beer bong or a casual round of self-pleasuring (suggested word: self-plaguing). The Post is reporting (haha, sorry, "reporting." That just kills me.) that Apple's lawyers have made a few nasty calls Fuse's way, threatening a lawsuit unless the ads are taken down. Adrants has a single ad, but I'm sure our legion of subway-riding readers can play the cameraphone tip to send us in the rest of the ads.

And as our buddy Plywood pointed out, Toronto's Flow 93.5 FM had an award-winning silhouette campaign about, oh, two years before the iPod campaign. (Thanks, gruverja!)

Read - APPLE BLOWS FUSE OVER ADS [NYPost]
Read - Apple Threatens Fuse Over Ad Campaign [AdRants]
Read - Flow935 Home [Flow935]

Related
Apple: The "i" Stands for iconic [Gizmodo]
Strip, Pix, Burn: iRaq [Gizmodo]
Fuse TV Show "Daily Download" to Offer Free MP3, Ringtones [Gizmodo]

Apple Computer Inc. accuses RealNetworks
of 'hacker tactics'

Apple Computer Inc. accuses RealNetworks
of 'hacker tactics' 07/29/2004 04:55 PM
National Post Jul 29 2004 9:34PM GMT

Virgin U.K. offers Apple iPod

Virgin U.K. offers Apple iPod 11/13/2003 02:47 PM

Apple Accuses RealNetworks of Stealing
iPod Technology (NewsFactor)

Apple Accuses RealNetworks of Stealing
iPod Technology (NewsFactor) 07/29/2004 03:07 PM
NewsFactor - Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has issued a harsh rebuke to RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK), which recently announced that its new Harmony software would enable users to play songs from a variety of sources on their iPod digital music players.

Briefly: Virgin U.K. offers Apple iPod

Briefly: Virgin U.K. offers Apple iPod 11/13/2003 02:52 PM
CNET Nov 13 2003 2:48PM ET

Virgin Mega upset with Apple over
FairPlay DRM

Virgin Mega upset with Apple over
FairPlay DRM 08/05/2004 10:47 AM
In Apple's quarterly report filed today, the company reveals that Virgin Mega filed a complaint on June 28 against Apple France with the French Competition Council alleging that the company has wrongfully refused to license Fairplay DRM (digital rights management) technology to competitors...

Virgin demands Apple license iTunes DRM

Virgin demands Apple license iTunes DRM 08/06/2004 11:44 AM
Group's French digital music biz complains to govt.

FTC cracks down on MS-abusing pop-ups

FTC cracks down on MS-abusing pop-ups 11/07/2003 04:23 AM
USA Today Nov 7 2003 3:25AM ET

Abusing Morality and Law

Abusing Morality and Law 06/09/2004 12:58 AM

Washington Post: Legalizing Torture. The Bush administration assures the country, and the world, that it is complying with U.S. and international laws banning torture and maltreatment of prisoners. But, breaking with a practice of openness that had lasted for decades, it has classified as secret and refused to disclose the techniques of interrogation it is using on foreign detainees at U.S. prisons at Guantanamo Bay and in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a matter of grave concern because the use of some of the methods that have been reported in the press is regarded by independent experts as well as some of the Pentagon's legal professionals as illegal. The administration has responded that its civilian lawyers have certified its methods as proper -- but it has refused to disclose, or even provide to Congress, the justifying opinions and memos.

The Bush administration believes that law -- domestic and international -- is what the Bush administration says it is. Now we have lawyers' justification for torture, but under a less harsh name. I keep wondering what so-called conservatives would be saying if Bill Clinton had asserted such sweeping powers in this and other ways, or had consistently stiffed the Congress and American people with secrecy and arrogance. My guess is they'd be insisting that the law, or maybe even national honor, should mean something. Not this crowd.

O'Reilly: Using and Abusing Directories
in PHP

O'Reilly: Using and Abusing Directories
in PHP 01/10/2003 08:50 AM

Abusing the command line

Abusing the command line 04/09/2004 04:08 PM

If you're running OS X, try this:

say -v Kathy `curl --silent http://api.technorati.com/getinfo?username=simonwillison | grep '<inbound' | sed -e 's/ <//' | sed -e 's/inboundblogs>/Simons blog has /' | sed -e 's/<\/inboundblogs>/ inbound blogs and /' | sed -e 's/inboundlinks>//' | sed -e 's/<\/inboundlinks>/ inbound links/'`

Your computer should read out to you my Technorati inbound blogs and inbound links, extracted from the Technorati web API. Parsing XML using sed is a nasty trick I picked up from this O'Reilly article; speaking the output of a command using the 'say' and the backtick shell operator was my moment of inspiration for the day.

Abusing Amazon Images

Abusing Amazon Images 06/05/2005 11:21 PM
A gentleman named Nat Gertler has gone to astounding lengths to figure out the variables in the Amazon image URLs. And since I love a little URL hacking, I wanted...

Using and Abusing Amazon.com: SOAP and
PHP

Using and Abusing Amazon.com: SOAP and
PHP 11/08/2002 09:09 AM

SitePoint: Using and Abusing Your Images
in PHP

SitePoint: Using and Abusing Your Images
in PHP 11/26/2002 10:18 AM

More on Scammers Abusing TTY Services

More on Scammers Abusing TTY Services 04/15/2004 01:00 PM

Other News: Abusing Google

Other News: Abusing Google 08/04/2004 10:03 AM
Google searches reportedly link to databases of confidential credit card details and other personal information.

"G.I.'s Are Accused of Abusing Iraqi
Captives"

"G.I.'s Are Accused of Abusing Iraqi
Captives" 05/03/2004 09:24 AM

U.S.: troops cleared of abusing
reporters

U.S.: troops cleared of abusing
reporters 05/20/2004 12:58 PM

Spammers Start Abusing Cell Phones

Spammers Start Abusing Cell Phones 07/11/2004 10:58 AM

U.S. Soldier Charged with Abusing Iraqi
Prisoners

U.S. Soldier Charged with Abusing Iraqi
Prisoners 05/07/2004 09:52 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 8 2004 1:48AM GMT

Marine Guilty of Abusing Iraqi Prisoners
(AP)

Marine Guilty of Abusing Iraqi Prisoners
(AP) 09/02/2004 11:34 PM
AP - A Marine reservist was found guilty Thursday of dereliction of duty and the abuse of prisoners last year at a makeshift detention camp in Iraq, but cleared of assaulting a 52-year-old Iraqi man who later died there.

PETA video shows KFC supplier abusing
chickens

PETA video shows KFC supplier abusing
chickens 07/20/2004 07:51 PM

U.S. Soldier Confesses to Abusing Iraqi
Prisoners (Reuters)

U.S. Soldier Confesses to Abusing Iraqi
Prisoners (Reuters) 05/19/2004 07:29 AM
Reuters - An American soldier confessed on Wednesday that U.S. guards abused Iraqi detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib jail in a scandal threatening to undermine President Bush's bid for a second term.

U.S. Soldier Charged with Abusing Iraqi
Prisoners (Reuters)

U.S. Soldier Charged with Abusing Iraqi
Prisoners (Reuters) 05/07/2004 08:32 PM
Reuters - A U.S. soldier photographed holding a naked prisoner on a leash at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was charged on Friday with abusing prisoners, military officials at the North Carolina base where she is stationed said.

Suspect admits abusing boys for Internet
shows

Suspect admits abusing boys for Internet
shows 09/25/2004 07:18 AM
Bradenton.com - Sat Sep 25, 10:13 am GMT

Report: 4,450 priests accused of abusing
youths since 1950 (USATODAY.com)

Report: 4,450 priests accused of abusing
youths since 1950 (USATODAY.com) 02/17/2004 08:52 AM
USATODAY.com - Nearly 4,500 Catholic priests allegedly sexually abused thousands of children and teens from 1950 to 2002 - 4% of all 110,000 U.S. priests in "active ministry," CNN reported Monday.

Shen Monopoly

Shen Monopoly 11/06/2003 09:42 PM
Project Started

The unheralded monopoly

The unheralded monopoly 07/09/2004 06:25 AM
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos takes the measure of ARM, a chip designer that enjoys as formidable a monopoly as behemoths like Microsoft and Intel.

Monopoly for java

Monopoly for java 11/06/2003 05:21 AM
A document contribition from Eqbal Zaffar.

The silent monopoly

The silent monopoly 07/09/2004 03:24 PM
ZDNet Jul 9 2004 8:10PM GMT

EC mulls MS DRM monopoly trawl

EC mulls MS DRM monopoly trawl 08/16/2004 02:15 PM
ContentGuard decision due next week

Monopoly battle to be epic

Monopoly battle to be epic 08/10/2004 05:03 AM
USA Today Aug 10 2004 9:03AM GMT

Other: Microsoft Monopoly Remedy

Other: Microsoft Monopoly Remedy 02/01/2005 08:48 PM
The EC balks at Microsoft's name games.

Original Trilogy Monopoly

Original Trilogy Monopoly 05/10/2004 06:06 AM
Ever hankered for Yoda's Hut? Or maybe you'd like to own a chunk of Mos Eisley or the Throne Room from the Death Star. If you answer yes to any of these then click through.
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