Re:Apple Lawyering Up On "Fake Steve Jobs"
by reitzensteinm on Sunday December 23, 2007 @07:28AM
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For those that can't be bothered flicking through all of the posts, be sure not to miss the "totally medieval" one:
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This is followed by a recommendation that I retain an attorney to represent me. And then, I swear to friggin God, there's a list of my assets with an estimated value for each and I suppose the implied threat that I stand to lose them. Which kinda scares the living shit out of me, to be honest, since they've got a pretty thorough list, which means they've been doing some research on this and the offer didn't just come out of thin air. Their lists includes my home address, most recent assessed value of my house and all the information about my mortgage; a rental property that we own; my bank accounts and investment accounts, including the college funds for our kids, whose names are used; and our boat and two cars.
Damn. And right at Christmas. I am going to go make myself a drink.
Re:Apple Lawyering Up On "Fake Steve Jobs"
by mechanical_fish on Sunday December 23, 2007 @10:32AM
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Yes. I believe FSJ has pulled this very same trick before. His deadpan is improving, though. Perhaps he's been studying Andy Kaufman tapes.
The beauty of it is that Apple -- having just silenced a critic by executing a very real shady, secret backroom deal -- is in no position to claim that it doesn't pursue shady, secret backroom deals to silence its critics.
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This is followed by a recommendation that I retain an attorney to represent me. And then, I swear to friggin God, there's a list of my assets with an estimated value for each and I suppose the implied threat that I stand to lose them. Which kinda scares the living shit out of me, to be honest, since they've got a pretty thorough list, which means they've been doing some research on this and the offer didn't just come out of thin air. Their lists includes my home address, most recent assessed value of my house and all the information about my mortgage; a rental property that we own; my bank accounts and investment accounts, including the college funds for our kids, whose names are used; and our boat and two cars.
Damn. And right at Christmas. I am going to go make myself a drink.
The beauty of it is that Apple -- having just silenced a critic by executing a very real shady, secret backroom deal -- is in no position to claim that it doesn't pursue shady, secret backroom deals to silence its critics.
But look at the first picture in this FSJ blog post:
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/12/breakfast-with-apple-l...
It's Andy Kaufman! I rest my case.
Though, I gotta say, the Andy Kaufman of legend would never have issued such an obvious tipoff. :)