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It can totally be legit. 1) Is pretending to be a different device ID copyright infringement? Probably not? Patent infringement? Probably not? Violation of the
by jsz0 17y ago
It can totally be legit.
1) Is pretending to be a different device ID copyright infringement? Probably not? Patent infringement? Probably not? Violation of the DMCA? Since it's not even touching encrypted tracks.... Probably not?
2) iPod syncing has been fairly well documented and reversed engineered on Linux clients. It's entirely possible Palm used this code to protect their former Apple engineers.
Legally if Apple wants to fight this they are begging for anti-trust litigation IMO. If not in the US, definitely in the EU. They should be smart and just accept they got out played by Palm on this.
- tptacek 17y agoHe's using the word "legit" where maybe the word "sanctioned" is closer to his intent. Also, even if Apple is destined to lose the suit, there's enough grey area here that they could surely get it into court. There's a legal backstory here with ex-iPod developers on the Pre team, and so there's a ton of discovery Apple could throw Palm's way. And if Palm took any shortcuts at all, that could be the end of Palm.
- olefoo 17y agoPalm doesn't strike me as being at all stupid, it wouldn't surprise me if they have a contingency plan for what they do if and when Apple makes a move. It wouldn't surprise me if some of Palm's IP from back in the day was being infringed on by the iPhone. And that would certainly be an interesting bargaining chip.