Tiger Gold on Bit Torrent
Will they try then buy?
Often the impact of piracy is over-stated, but in
the case of the Tiger Gold I saw on Torrent trackers the other day, I can only
hope that those who download will buy the
software.
Apple needs the revenue to continue innovating. And whatever I may think about Steve's blitzkrieg marketing tactics, it seems to have worked this far.
Legal issues aside, I certainly wouldn't want to download the hefty file -- you just never know what might be in it.
Update: Last Thursday, The Pirate Bay received a cease and desist order from Apple.
Apple's San Francisco lawyer, Ian Ramage of OMelveny & Myers, writes:
We demand that you immediately disable the torrent and/or tracker and prevent further distribution of Apple's trade secret and copyrighted material.
Apple further demands that you provide us with all information relating to the posting of torrents enabling the distribution of Mac OS X Tiger, Build 8A428, including all log files and tracker files associated with such torrents. Apple also demands all information related to the identity of the persons who created such torrent files and/or who uploaded the software referenced by those torrent files, as well as the identities of all individuals who participated in the uploading and downloading of Apple's software. If you fail to maintain the evidence of this illegal activity, you will be subject to severe sanctions. In particular, if you destroy or hide any evidence, you will be subject to civil and criminal penalties. Please produce all requested information by the end of the day, Friday, April 22, 2005.
The site offered a reply, but I won't post that here.
Update: It is confirmed the Torrent distribution and the official build (8A428) are the same. I still wouldn't advocate piracy, though.
Apple needs the revenue to continue innovating. And whatever I may think about Steve's blitzkrieg marketing tactics, it seems to have worked this far.
Legal issues aside, I certainly wouldn't want to download the hefty file -- you just never know what might be in it.
Update: Last Thursday, The Pirate Bay received a cease and desist order from Apple.
Apple's San Francisco lawyer, Ian Ramage of OMelveny & Myers, writes:
We demand that you immediately disable the torrent and/or tracker and prevent further distribution of Apple's trade secret and copyrighted material.
Apple further demands that you provide us with all information relating to the posting of torrents enabling the distribution of Mac OS X Tiger, Build 8A428, including all log files and tracker files associated with such torrents. Apple also demands all information related to the identity of the persons who created such torrent files and/or who uploaded the software referenced by those torrent files, as well as the identities of all individuals who participated in the uploading and downloading of Apple's software. If you fail to maintain the evidence of this illegal activity, you will be subject to severe sanctions. In particular, if you destroy or hide any evidence, you will be subject to civil and criminal penalties. Please produce all requested information by the end of the day, Friday, April 22, 2005.
The site offered a reply, but I won't post that here.
Update: It is confirmed the Torrent distribution and the official build (8A428) are the same. I still wouldn't advocate piracy, though.
Posted: Sun - April 24, 2005 at 03:48 PM
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