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   Hubris or Stupidity?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 28th, 2005 @ 7:32am

   
   

   Apple seems to be descending into madness lately with all sort of attacks and aawsuits on people they shouldn't be attacking (customers, bloggers, etc.). Is this some new cultural thing, or something that has always been under the surface but only getting attention now?

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   Re: Hubris or Stupidity?

   

   BlueBat, Feb 28th, 2005 @ 9:02am

   
   

   I think that it is more that the companies are finding it easier to find these types of activities because of the internet and then are deciding to do something stupid about them. There will probably be a lot of worse actions taken by companies before it gets any better. Don't count on it getting better though, companies seem to do whatever damages themselves most.
   

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   Re: Hubris or Stupidity?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 28th, 2005 @ 9:03am

   
   

   I think that it is more that the companies are finding it easier to find these types of activities because of the internet and then are deciding to do something stupid about them. There will probably be a lot of worse actions taken by companies before it gets any better. Don't count on it getting better though, companies seem to do whatever damages themselves most.

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   You Have Never Purchased a Piece Of Software

   

   Sam, Feb 28th, 2005 @ 12:38pm

   
   

   Almost everyone reading this should realize that they have probably never purchased a piece of software. Nor have they ever purchased a song or movie.
   
   Apple, through clever marketing and more liberal rights, has made some people think that they have "bought" music. But really everyone has licensed usage rights to that content. Even a CD only buys you the physical media, with the particular order of the contained bits being something still owned by the studio and licensed to you for personal use.
   
   The bottom line, then, is that the license is a contract between you and the seller, and violating the contract opens you to civil litigation. If the license does not grant you the right to sub-license or transfer the license, then you can't "sell" it on your own site, eBay, whatever. Or, if you do, you can get sued and will probably lose in court.
   
   A pet peeve of mine is software licenses popping up in tiny boxes, or in situations (such as after EVERY patch in World of Warcraft) where it's obviously not intended to be read, yet intended to be binding. Consumers should really start becoming aware of the rights they are negotiating for their money.
   

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   Re: You Have Never Purchased a Piece Of Software

   

   Anonymous Coward, Mar 1st, 2005 @ 7:20am

   
   

   
   You " lease " Apple and support their business practices ... you get what you didn't pay for.

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   apple

   

   Necta, May 30th, 2005 @ 6:52am

   
   

   Hi,
   
   hope you can help me! Not sure if you know but how do i get autorisation to become an apple product seller????
   
   thanks

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   Re: apple

   

   Anonymous Coward, Nov 8th, 2005 @ 2:46pm

   
   

   I'm cornfused....
   Is Apple trying to say you can't sell you used iPod or that you can't sell you used iPod with music on it?

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   Re: You Have Never Purchased a Piece Of Software

   

   Mistled, Feb 3rd, 2006 @ 6:24pm

   
   

   But he has bought the iPod, just as he would buy a cd. If he can sell the CD (which he obviously can), why cannot he sell his iPod with songs on it? He wouldn't be allowed to keep a copy of the songs himself just as he shouldn't have a copy of that cd he sold lying around, but it is not his fault that there is no good way to sell the 'original' that he purchased. Thus the trouble with digital media, as we all know.

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