Hugh Pickens writes "The web banking Frontier base has filed suit against Apple to defend the First improvement rights of BluWiki, a noncommercial, public www
notes:internet should be capitalized 'wiki' site operated by OdioWorks. Last year, BluWiki users began a parley about making some Apple iPods and iPhones interoperate with os other than Apple's iTunes. Apple lawyers in demand removal of the content (pdf) sending a letter to OdioWorks, alleging that the discussions constituted copyright obtrusion


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definition:an act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or of nonfulfillment of an obligation or promise of the DMCA's prohibition on circumventing copy self-defense measures. Fearing legal action by Apple, OdioWorks took down the discussions from the BluWiki site but has now filed a lawsuit to vindicate its right to restore those discussions (pdf) and seeking a declaratory judgment that the discussions do not violate any of the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, and do not infringe any copyrights owned by Apple. 'I take the free speech rights of BluWiki users seriously,' said Sam Odio, owner of OdioWorks. 'Companies like Apple should not be able to censor online discussions by making baseless legal threats against welfare work like BluWiki that host the discussions.'" Random BedHead Ed adds ZDNet quotes EFF's Fred von Lohmann, who says that this is an issue of censorship. 'Wikis and other colony sites are home to many vibrant discussions among hobbyists and tinkerers. It's legal to engage in reverse sociology in order to create a competing product, it's legal to talk about reverse engineering, and it's legal for a public wiki to host those discussions.'"

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