Apple gets the pip with iBuzz
December 14th, 2006
iBuzz, the sex toy that vibrates in time to music, has been on sale for more than a year. What with its sleek white styling, cheeky little ‘i’ prefix and music industry, we weren’t entirely unsurprised to review a letter from one of Apple’s lawyers about it. But we were surprised that it took them more than a year to write - and what they wrote about. The iBuzz Web site has the full-low down, and here’s how the story was reported online… First headline is my fave
Apple to iBuzz: Party’s Over, Pervs
Apple a-quiver over iPod vibrator copyright clash
Apple takes action against iBuzz sex toy
Apple Legal Targets iBuzz, iPod “Spinoff” Adult Products
Apple Claims Ownership of Silhoutte Ads, Wants Sex Toy To Stop Using Them
Apple threaten iBuzz with legal action
iPodObserver - Apple Not Tickled By iBuzz (The Mac Observer)


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