Can I now sue Microsoft for not allowing the Xbox to play Nintendo Wii games? Retroactively file action against JVC for not supporting Betamax in their VHS players? Coke for not bottling Pepsi’s recipe?
If I was in the US, I probably could!
Yes, Virginia, any idiot CAN file a lawsuit! | The Macalope: An Apple blog - CNET Blogs
Congratulations, Stacie Somers of San Diego County! You’re the first jackass of 2008!
Well, OK, technically, since the suit was filed on December 31, you’re the last jackass of 2007. But as it’s already prompted some very silly analysis that we’ll have to deal with this year, we’re going to put it on the 2008 books, nnkay?
The tip o’ the old antlers on this one goes to a friend of the Macalope’s who happens to be a lawyer (and a woodland gnome, incidentally), who forwards it on with the one-word summary “Crazy.”
Well put, woodland gnome!So, what’s your beef, Stace?
It alleges that Apple has constricted the market by not enabling iPods to play content in the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format, Microsoft’s copy-protection technology.

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