Apple's battle against Web sites fruitless so far

Legal campaign does not appear to have slowed the flow of information about new Apple products.
The New York Times

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[Bill Dautrive]

Apple has stepped in it

Will they be smart enough to pull out before their rep is tarnished permanently. Apple is finally starting to move forward, and they seem hell-bent on stopping themselves.

[Bill Dautrive]

Apple has stepped in it

Will they be smart enough to pull out before their rep is tarnished permanently. Apple is finally starting to move forward, and they seem hell-bent on stopping themselves.

[NWLB]

What's past is prelude.

I think theyll back off as soon as they are sure they cant control the situation. (which they wont be able too.) At some point somebody can or will cop the excuse that he or she was simply speculating and you cant sue people for accurately guessing something. In truth Im not sure why Apple is so worried, given their fans mindset most of the time, hype online would seem a good thing. Unless of course they are afraid of their fans actually being able to force them to go in a given direction because an idea become too popular to ignore. Ego would seem to be an issue there.

Kind of like the iPod battery issue, they don't like being forced to do something they didn't plan.

NWLB
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oh, come one!

"hype online would seem a good thing"

True, but it all depends how detailed the "hype" is about a product.

If you create hype by providing detailed information about a product, then you burst the bubble/excitement when it comes time for Apple to introduce the product at conferences. There, is where the excitement is, when Steve/staff present the new products. I recall not being excited when I watched the video where Apple introduced the Mac Mini and iPod because some of these sites had provided so much information about the products prior to their official introduction.

It is one thing to guess information about a product and another to post detailed facts.

The only thing I see these site owners being worried about is a reduction in revenue from the ads they have on their sites because they might be forced to stop liking detailed information about Apple products/ideas/plans.

[NWLB]

What's past is prelude.

I think theyll back off as soon as they are sure they cant control the situation. (which they wont be able too.) At some point somebody can or will cop the excuse that he or she was simply speculating and you cant sue people for accurately guessing something. In truth Im not sure why Apple is so worried, given their fans mindset most of the time, hype online would seem a good thing. Unless of course they are afraid of their fans actually being able to force them to go in a given direction because an idea become too popular to ignore. Ego would seem to be an issue there.

Kind of like the iPod battery issue, they don't like being forced to do something they didn't plan.

NWLB
****
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.nwlbnet.blogspot.com" target="_newWindow">http://www.nwlbnet.blogspot.com</a>

oh, come one!

"hype online would seem a good thing"

True, but it all depends how detailed the "hype" is about a product.

If you create hype by providing detailed information about a product, then you burst the bubble/excitement when it comes time for Apple to introduce the product at conferences. There, is where the excitement is, when Steve/staff present the new products. I recall not being excited when I watched the video where Apple introduced the Mac Mini and iPod because some of these sites had provided so much information about the products prior to their official introduction.

It is one thing to guess information about a product and another to post detailed facts.

The only thing I see these site owners being worried about is a reduction in revenue from the ads they have on their sites because they might be forced to stop liking detailed information about Apple products/ideas/plans.