AmpCoder Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 (edited) On January 7, Microsoft enthusiast Dave Ciccone woke up to find a surprising message in his e-mail inbox: a veiled threat from the company he has evangelized for almost 5 years."Microsoft has received information that the domain listed above, which appears to be on servers under your control, is offering unlicensed copies of, or is engaged in other unauthorized activities relating to copyrighted computer programs published by Microsoft," the legal letter said. "We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material described above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and distribution of this software via your company's network." Ciccone runs Dave's iPaq, a popular Windows mobile technology site that has been in operation since 2000. According to Ciccone, he has "done nothing but promote Microsoft's products at my own financial expense." What caught Microsoft's attention, however, was a posting with information on Windows Mobile 2005, the upcoming version of Windows for handheld devices. Dave's iPaq was not the only site to carry the insider information, which included screenshots of the new Windows Mobile software. The details were originally reported by Windows enthusiast site Neowin, which then in turn was picked up by technology blog Engadget and finally Ciccone's site. The Apple case could have far reaching consequences for the Windows enthusiast community as well. In a recent interview with Microsoft Watch, Neowin's Tom Warren said, "I'd expect Microsoft is looking closely at the current case with Apple and Think Secret. If Think Secret does lose the case, this could mean bad news for Neowin and blogging, in general." Site: BetaNews Edited February 2, 2005 by AmpCoder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Go Mr. Magoo (Y) :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcdShdw Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 damn them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favvi Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 i read the article, so what does this all mean? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted February 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 2, 2005 Go Mr. Magoo (Y) :p 585399052[/snapback] You mean Creamhackered ;) Radish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I hope really hope Think Secret wins this :angry: I would hate to see the day when a Judge slaps the First Amendment! The people Apple should be suing is those who leaked the information, those covered by a damn NDA, not the ones who report the leaks :crazy: Anyway, go Tom (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZOOzzoo Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 I hope really hope Think Secret wins this :angry: I would hate to see the day when a Judge slaps the First Amendment!The people Apple should be suing is those who leaked the information, those covered by a damn NDA, not the ones who report the leaks :crazy: Anyway, go Tom (Y) 585409838[/snapback] Um... say what? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted February 7, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 7, 2005 heh they quoted me again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guol Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 well that pretty much sucks :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
botalpha Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Microsoft's legal department needs something better to do with it's time and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Um... say what? :wacko: 585422635[/snapback] If you read the article, you'll understand what I was saying ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galoosh33 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 heh they quoted me again :) 585427442[/snapback] lol. cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Vector.. Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 heh, go you (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted February 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 17, 2005 heh they quoted me again :) 585427442[/snapback] Isn't that exciting? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 The site(s) were leaking info about a product that was not released. MS is well within their legal rights to ask him to take down the material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrike Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 meh. Everybody should just move to Linux, or other "free" OS, and be done with it! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 You mean Creamhackere;);)Radish? 585399074[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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