nc1000 said:
Thats what im saying. Im thinking this has everything to do with the BT leaks of tiger, and nothing to do with hardware.
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Apple Sues Over Leak
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Thats what im saying. Im thinking this has everything to do with the BT leaks of tiger, and nothing to do with hardware.
Heart Break Kid said:
Wrong, it says that inside information about an un announced upcoming product was released, there is very little about Tiger that Apple themselves haven't already disclosed. Plus, anyone can get a copy of Tiger if they pay the premiere ADC fee.
Granted I believe that Apple isn't happy with the Tiger leaks, but that is just what happens when you are public testing an alpha os, it's gonna get leaked onto the intraweb. Plus, I really don't think that apple has any grounds to sue over any "leak" when they are the source of the leak.
~Shard~ said:I can beat them all with my 1 GB player which can hold ten times as much music as the iPod mini et al. - all my music is encoded in pristine 8 kbps!
Imagine what you can do with HE-AAC! Pristine 6kbps! You'll get 25% more space!
Edit: I just tested it for fun at 8 kbps... You don't want to have your library at 8 kbps! (it sounds like AM radio, with lots of static, heard through a 10 meters copper pipe)
Actually, I'm pretty impressed anyway. It does sound like crap, but that's only 1 KByte/sec!
Edit 2: hey wait a minute, that song's 3m36s... If it really was 1KB/sec, shouldn't the file be around 216KB? Why is it 445KB?
Edit 3: silly me, the song had 219KB of artwork. The file is 226KB.
Laslo Panaflex said:
So you're saying an adc member that leaks info to a BT site isn't going to get sued? Or this isn't the general path they would take to suing such an individual?
Heart Break Kid said:
I don't think you understand, what inside, damaging info are the ADC members "leaking"? Apple is giving the Alphas of Tiger to ADC members that pay for it, so in essence Apple is selling them Tiger, hardly seems like leaked information of an unannounced product that, if in the hands of a competitor could be damaging, which is what Apple is claiming.
Again, not that Apple isn't concerned with Tiger "leaks" but this is not the nature of the lawsuit, it is about an upcoming hardware product, the timing is too close to MWSF. If it were about beta OS leaks, panther, tiger, whatever, it would have been done months, or years ago, if there is any case at all for it.
/trust me, I leaked the "information"
AidenShaw said:
They're both lossy, but they're also both a lot younger than MP3. It'd be hard to argue the AAC 128 vs WMA 128 case. It's more of a "who do you want to be in control of your rights?", in which case I do hope you don't answer "Microsoft".
But MP3 128 vs AAC/WMA 128 is a no-brainer. Yes, LAME is an excellent MP3 encoder, but MPEG Audio Layer 3 is about a decade old now. It's kind of normal that it gets beaten by the new CODECs.
My real question is, what's this "MPC" format on the charts? I've heard about ADPCM, MP3, MP3Pro, VQF, WMA, AAC, Apple Lossless, Vorbis, FLAC, but this "MPC" format is new to me!
Laslo Panaflex said:I don't think you understand, what inside, damaging info are the ADC members "leaking"? Apple is giving the Alphas of Tiger to ADC members that pay for it, so in essence Apple is selling them Tiger, hardly seems like leaked information of an unannounced product that, if in the hands of a competitor could be damaging, which is what Apple is claiming.
Again, not that Apple isn't concerned with Tiger "leaks" but this is not the nature of the lawsuit, it is about an upcoming hardware product, the timing is too close to MWSF. If it were about beta OS leaks, panther, tiger, whatever, it would have been done months, or years ago, if there is any case at all for it.
/trust me, I leaked the "information"
Well, i did too and i got a call from apple legal. I just wanna make sure this annonymous john doe isnt infact ME!
Heart Break Kid said:
Ouch, well, I was joking when I said that I was leaking information. If you were contacted about "leaking" Tiger, I find it hard for them to prove that it was you, unless each download of Tiger disc image from ADC site puts some meta data into the disc image (unlikely) that allows Apple to track whose disc image has been leaked.
If you were in fact contacted, I would take it as a warning to stop, not a sign of being sued . . . but who knows.
Laslo Panaflex said:
Yeah, it was a stupid thing to do - and i felt like an arse for doing it. And they pretty much new it was me anyway. So basically, I'm going to jail. God, I hope I dont have some big guy named bertha as my cell mate.
HeeHeart Break Kid said:
You need to add smileys to the end or at least let us know it's sarcastic, some people worry about you.
Savage Henry said:Sheesh! ... enough with the phones already ....
They're about as likely as the iWaffle-Grill.
This recent dip into product-profile-protectionism is just good business practice.
its the iHump I knew it! So long people I'm moving to United Arab Emirates!
Over Achiever said:Hee
You need to add smileys to the end or at least let us know it's sarcastic, some people worry about you.
I appreciate it
Will definatley add smileys once I find out ofr certain Im NOT THE John Doe. Lots of smileys if I dont get sued and sent to jail
kingjr3 said:You can file suit without knowing who? Wow.
Then in that case I am suing an unknown party for an unknown reason for an unknown amount in damages. I will amend the complaint once I find out who did what and decide on the appropriate penalty.
That's the norm in the US.
Guaranteed G5 PB's at San Francisco
This lawsuit is merely Apple acting tough over any one of the many rumours whether it be iPhone, Siruis or iPod Flash in an attempt to prevent employees from spreading information on the G5 Mac World where we will see 2GHZ G5 PB's and Dual 3GHZ PM's.
Bring it on!!!!!
This lawsuit is merely Apple acting tough over any one of the many rumours whether it be iPhone, Siruis or iPod Flash in an attempt to prevent employees from spreading information on the G5 Mac World where we will see 2GHZ G5 PB's and Dual 3GHZ PM's.
Bring it on!!!!!
Well, if it has anything to do with the G5 Power book, I may know who they are going after. Something was leaked on a forum I visit where there was talk about the status of the G5 in the PB line. I hope not though.
Mac Observer says it is Asteroid (confirmed in legal filings)
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/12/20.7.shtml
Sigh. The rumor which least excited me ...
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/12/20.7.shtml
Sigh. The rumor which least excited me ...
jettredmont said:
TO OVERACHIEVER -
here are my many smilies
YAAAY!! Im not going to jail!!!...atleast yet
Asteroid
Hooray! I called it But my victory is bitter. I forgot the source (at least, the image I saw) was AI.
Now rumor sites are being asked for the identity of sources. Sounds like a tough position to be in.
Hooray! I called it
But my victory is bitter. I forgot the source (at least, the image I saw) was AI.nagromme said:If people are violating agreements or spying on Apple operations illegally, and tipping off Apple's competitors with the release of trade secrets, then they've got to go after them.
But please don't let that alarm anyone who's doing it... I like the rumors
I'll take a stab and say it's over the Asteroid thing. That was a pretty specific one (ThinkSecret?).
Now rumor sites are being asked for the identity of sources. Sounds like a tough position to be in.
Credit to jettredmont for pointing out this story. Now at last we know what we've been talking about for three days!jettredmont said:
