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Mac OS Ken: 12.05.2014

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7995 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2014

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

- Apple Lawyers Say DRM Case May Not Have a Plaintiff - Samsung Appeal of 900-Million-Dollar Apple Ruling Heads to Court - Taiwan Accuses Apple and Other Cellphone Makers of Violating Personal Information Protection Act - Philip Elmer-DeWitt Has Issues with JMP Analyst Alex Gauna - Spotify Makes First Three Months 99-Cent in U.S. and U.K. - Apple Hosting Hour of Code Class for Kids on 11 December - Businessweek Names Apple One of the Top Disruptions of the Last 85-Years - !

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0:00.0

This is Mac OSKIN. Shenanigans, hijinks, and Goings-on in court.

0:16.0

A thunderstorm on the financial front, and Spotify makes a big promotional move.

0:21.0

It's Friday, December 5,, 2014. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco

0:27.4

S. Ken. Brought to you by yours truly and supported by IChard magazine,

0:32.3

putting Apple and tech news in focus

0:35.0

e y e iChart magazine available for i. o'S newsstand now

0:42.0

we've not said a lot here about the DRM class action lawsuit Apple is currently

0:46.4

facing because it is so 2006. Seriously, the period of time covered by the suit runs from the 12th of September 2006 through the 31st of March 2009.

0:59.0

Things definitely happened, but they happened such a long time ago.

1:04.0

One of the lead witnesses in the case has been dead for three years,

1:08.0

and Apple stopped employing DRM for tracks sold through iTunes

1:11.0

two and a half years before he died. It seemed that the two pieces of

1:16.4

actual news that might come from this case were the fact that the case was

1:19.8

actually happening reported here earlier this week and whatever the verdict

1:24.2

ends up being when the verdict is handed down. But lo and behold there is a third

1:29.2

bit of news that may take this case from the realm of the perplexing to outright absurd.

1:36.0

This case may have no plaintiff.

1:39.7

Apple Insider says new filings from attorneys representing the

1:42.8

Cupertino company are thinking the case is completely classless.

1:47.5

As in there may be no class in the class action suit.

1:51.5

Quoting the report, a letter from Apple to presiding Judge Yvonne Gonzalez

1:55.8

Rogers notes both plaintiffs named in the case have not produced

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