Sometimes I'm just at a loss with some of the big corporations' practices and tactics. Here are the facts as reported in the wire: A small bar in Des Moines has a special night every Monday where patrons share iPod music. The operator, Clint Curtis, calls it "iPod Monday." Somehow, I guess, news of this evening arrived at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). A representative on behalf of Apple sent a letter to Curtis, telling him to stop using the name 'iPod,' thus, renaming the evening.
It just seems to me that every company that has 'coolness' attached to it, will sooner or later destroy it and join the old-boy school of thought. Such happened with Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and its several ridiculous lawsuits, and such is happening with Apple.
This, more than anything, is difficult to understand though. Curtis claims that at most 45 people come to iPod Monday, making it difficult to see why Apple would be concerned. Moreover, the name doesn't suggest infringement of any sort, but rather a promotion of the product. A free promotion at that.
It is just too bad some people have got nothing better to do than this. I'd think that Jobs would be more concerned now with his own "little" problems, than this really little bar in Des Moines.
Apple warns pub to stop 'iPod Monday' ... I wonder why
Posted Feb 9th 2007 4:31PM by Melly Alazraki
Filed under: Law, Rants and raves, Apple Inc (AAPL)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-09-2007 @ 3:47PM
Tracie said...
Re: local pub with ipod woes
If they're still interested in doing this, a local radio station in my area lets listeners take over for an hour with a "my pod" segment -- a listener is selected to upload their playlist for an hour. Maybe Mr. Curtis could try that.
2-09-2007 @ 4:27PM
Javaflash said...
I think this is what really happened -
... some law school kid @ Apple Inc's legal department tried to impress his/her boss or punch in extra billable hours, drafted up a generic cease and decease before informing his/her boss...
Relax. Booboo of this kind happens from time to time. Don't read too much into it.
2-09-2007 @ 5:41PM
Suzanne said...
I don't think about infringment of the iPod name that has them worried, it's probably that they don't want the name to be publicly associated with illegal trading of songs.