Stephan February | 2 Sep 2005 09:41

Re: [OT] Oops.. There's a Virus in my Creative

On Friday 02 September 2005 15:00, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>
> >  It seems
> > that instead of shooting Apple in the head, they shot themselves in the
> > foot :)
>
> Hey.. least they won the patent thingamagic.

Yes, which makes Apple potentially liable for Piracy. Interestingly enough the 
three guys who got nabbed here in Singapore for MP3 swapping were immediately 
branded Pirates by the media. Apple in contrast were only "potentially 
culpable for retroactive patent infringement". How's that for spin :)

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=piracy

Cheers
Stephan

PS: I still think that Software Patents are Evil.
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