This morning I’ve received a delightful notice with the subject line “In re Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation“, oh stand still my beating heart, this is quite preferable to those emails that someone is suing me. The gist of the note is about a class action lawsuit against Apple that is currently going forward in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
The “class” is all of those who have owned an iPod between a 2006 and 2009, and the crux of the argument of the “class” is that when Apple released a software update in 2006 that would only allow users to use their iPod with music purchased from iTunes (also an Apple product in case you are reading about this world for the first time) thereby effectively resetting the part of your music library that was not purchased directly from Apple…
This Statement from Frances Cobain arrived from a NYC music PR firm late yesterday afternoon, (sans photo):
While I’m generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother…
Coming up fast on the recent cellphone shots taken at Bushmill’s party featuring Elijah Wood’s DJ sets, the main players of Sentimentalist set out for even more low-grade photos. Ahem. Tempers, a New York-via-London set with a smooth, gothy, S&M vibe, played Calamari Press’ release of their latest art book, ARK CODEX. There was also a chance to pick up Chiara Barzini’s latest publication, Sister Stop Breathing.
The echo from the sound bouncing off of the courthouse across the street made locating the speaker difficult for most, as thousands of people moved around Foley Square. At first look, there were almost as many causes as there were people, as it should be. Some were personal: “I lost my scholarship because I smoke cannabis”, advocating either legalization of marijuana or less stringent rules placed on retaining a scholarship; the advocate was wearing a worn in, pin stripe suit.
There were brass bands appearing suddenly in the few open spaces between the protesters, rousing their surroundings with sudden chants and then moving off with osmosis into another corner of the park. Further along, there were many more serious groups, “No Human Is Illegal”, “Citigroup — Fraud”, “Shelters for people with AIDS not tax shelters”, a sea of Transit Worker’s Union signs who among with a myriad other unions have buoyed or rose together with the Occupy Wall Street protest…
