If you don't want to believe, then don't. I don't think anyone suspects Arn of "collusion" of any sort with regards to Apple.
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If you don't want to believe, then don't. I don't think anyone suspects Arn of "collusion" of any sort with regards to Apple.
If you don't want to believe, then don't. I don't think anyone suspects Arn of "collusion" of any sort with regards to Apple.
Surely you must be curious to know the answers to at least one of these questions?
1) Who exactly called you at 3am? An Apple attorney?
2) How long was your initial post on the 6G Ipod up? Do they monitor your site constantly 24/7? It appears so, since within an hour or two, at 3am (!) they woke up an attorney to call you, no?
3) What was their conversation with you? What exactly did you do that was wrong, in their opinion? Maybe it is copyright violation to post their video, but it isn't to state what they told you.
4) What did they threaten if you didn't take down the post?
5) How was Apple even able to find your home number at 3am?
6) Has Apple contacted you before about a posting on your site and asked you to remove it? If so, did you ever say you weren't?
7) In the past 7 years (not necessarily this time), has Apple itself ever directly leaked something to you?
8) Do you think this post came from Apple, but via an intermediary so they can dig out a mole? Has that happened to you before where you rec'd a tip from somewhere which you suspected really to be coming from Apple itself?
Arn, I really thank you for all you do on this site, and hope you aren't offended at these questions.
I sure hope you are right, although I have my doubts. We will find out in two weeks though, I suppose.
I think the employees and higher ups in the company go home every once and a while... You know... Where they have their own computers to surf the net on?
If you don't want to believe, then don't. I don't think anyone suspects Arn of "collusion" of any sort with regards to Apple.
I agree. I'm not very fond of putting the messenger on trial.
I am not putting the messenger on trial.
I am asking the messenger what the message was.
I have to look at the wheel and the screen every time I use it
I mean unless you are just talking about turning up the volume or something... If you really never look at it, why did they put that screen with a GUI on it??? You should just buy a shuffle i guess 
Give it up man.This is arn's site and can do whatever he chooses to do.No matter what.
He has chosen to not respond to you.Respect it.
I have to look at the wheel and the screen every time I use it
Very true....How do you know where the M artists are if you never look at the screen for example. I find the iPhone quicker to get music because I can scroll faster and then touch the song I want and don't have to worry about scrolling past the song I want because the scroll wheel is too sensitive.
No- that is never true. A lawyer can force you to remove a post or a coprighted video off your site, but they can't forbid you from revealing what the lawyer asked you to do. This isn't Cold War Kremlin, after all.
Now maybe he doesn't want to say what the message was for fear of pissing off Apple. But a rumor site shouldn't care what Apple thinks, no?
I still think Macrumors secretly gets "scoops" from Apple, and Apple benefits from Macrumors generating buzz for them. All is fine- but free press demands transparency so we, the subscribers, trust what is being reported.
No answers to questions that should be easy to answer, simply generate more questions.
Here are the seemingly innocuous questions again. Others should feel free to add theirs. MacRumors is under no obligation to answer, but they will lose credibility in many people's eyes if they don't.
1) Who exactly called you at 3am? An Apple attorney?
2) How long was your initial post on the 6G Ipod up? Do they monitor your site constantly 24/7? It appears so, since within an hour or two, at 3am (!) they woke up an attorney to call you, no?
3) What was their conversation with you? What exactly did you do that was wrong, in their opinion? Maybe it is copyright violation to post their video, but it isn't to state what they told you.
4) What did they threaten if you didn't take down the post?
5) How was Apple even able to find your home number at 3am?
6) Has Apple contacted you before about a posting on your site and asked you to remove it? If so, did you ever say you weren't?
7) In the past 7 years (not necessarily this time), has Apple itself ever directly leaked something to you?
8) Do you think this post came from Apple, but via an intermediary so they can dig out a mole? Has that happened to you before where you rec'd a tip from somewhere which you suspected really to be coming from Apple itself?
Maybe in you're little world it can never be true. Were not in a court of law here. If Apple requests material be taken down and not to say anything about what was said, you do it.
You're truly full of crap about Apple giving out information to MacRumors. Yeah, a company that fires employees, threatens legal action if things aren't taken down is going to give a rumor site free information....
Another spin...
How about apple doesn't want investors seeing this interface and dumping stock for fear that the next ipod will suck
How about apple doesn't want investors seeing this interface and dumping stock for fear that the next ipod will suck
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Originally Posted by arn
This is simply wrong.
I've been doing this for 7 years, and Apple has never asked for Fake/False information to be taken down.
arn
Thats because you steal your rumors from other sites...
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Hey I just visited your website, www.macpressonline.net ...wow....that is the worst Mac rumor website I have ever visited. I did read that it is a work in progress, but shouldn't you actually post a rumor or something before you start offending established rumor websites. As for MacRumors "stealing" information from other sites....they always give credit to the site the are reporting from. You used some accusatory language. I understand you would like to compete with MacRumors, but you will need some actual news & reporting. I'm a positive person, so I wish you luck, but you started off on the wrong foot.
zub3qin, I want to try and not be too offensive, but...
you have no sense of context and are showing yourself to be very, very, very ignorant of the actual world around you. I'm sure you are young and this will be one of many lessons that will hopefully shape you into someone who can reason, so that's something to look forward to.
MacRumors does get many rumors from other sites, but they DO give credit. MacRumors also has its own sources for the occasional accurate predictions. MacRumors also provides the best live Keynote coverage, and offer the handy Buyer's guide.
MacRumors has been around for a long time and has been ordered to take down many screenshots in the past.
Apple is about the most serious non-government company I have ever seen about keeping secrets. Apple even pushed into seriously sketchy areas of freedom of speech to try to suppress the rights of bloggers. Feeding info to a rumors site is completely out of character. Apple has, however, fed false rumors to weed out leaks in the company and promptly fire the employees without remorse.
Just to comment on the actual topic here, I'm in the camp that thinks this is the next interface for a nano.
you have no sense of context and are showing yourself to be very, very, very ignorant of the actual world around you. I'm sure you are young and this will be one of many lessons that will hopefully shape you into someone who can reason, so that's something to look forward to.
MacRumors does get many rumors from other sites, but they DO give credit. MacRumors also has its own sources for the occasional accurate predictions. MacRumors also provides the best live Keynote coverage, and offer the handy Buyer's guide.
MacRumors has been around for a long time and has been ordered to take down many screenshots in the past.
Apple is about the most serious non-government company I have ever seen about keeping secrets. Apple even pushed into seriously sketchy areas of freedom of speech to try to suppress the rights of bloggers. Feeding info to a rumors site is completely out of character. Apple has, however, fed false rumors to weed out leaks in the company and promptly fire the employees without remorse.
Just to comment on the actual topic here, I'm in the camp that thinks this is the next interface for a nano.
Ummm...because its not a rumor site. And the comment wasn't meant to be an insult. Arn works hard at the website he has and to keep it up to date. I just don't have time to sit down all day long and keep up a website and add new content every day.
Not so much saying that it sucks as it doesn't live up to the hype that the rumor mills have been putting on the next gen ipod being a stripped down iPhone. And judging by the rating people do look at it negatively. So not so much that it sucks just underwhelmed.