Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [MLUG]Apple Lawsuit

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Vern Green wrote:

> This is another of those stupid lawsuits, some idiot going after Apple 
> because the iPod will play at 115dB.
>
> Yes, the iPod plays 115dB, so? It also has a volume control on it. If 
> this idiot succeeds in his lawsuit, well the ramifications can be dire 
> for all of us.
>
> Additionally, I tend to run notes through my MP3 player (I could not 
> bring myself to drink the Kool-aid and buy an iPod). The reason I do 
> this is because my MP3 player will play the verbal notes I have taken 
> louder than my laptop will play them. I don't want some idiot taking 
> that power away because he wants to get rich.
>
> http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18030444%255E2902,00.html
>
> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/48666.html
>
> Just the kind of idiotic, liberalism that makes me sick. We don't have
> to worry about Bush ruining the country, leave it to moron's like
> this, they will do more damage.


Liberalism?  I don't see how this is an example of "liberalism."

Anyway, it's good to know that loud iPod music can damage hearing, if that 
is really true.  I don't think this law suit stands much of a chance. 
iPods have been used for quite a while now and this suit does not claim 
that anyone was damaged by an iPod.  Can they really claim damages based 
on the idea that someone might eventually be damaged?  That seems 
unreasonable to me.  In the US, we are allowed to sue anyone for anything 
at any time but we are not always allowed to win.

Mike

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