My understanding of these predictable lawsuits are that, regardless of what might be actually permitted (or not) under copyright law, in practice, corporations will pursue these actions so as to demonstrate their willingness to do so, thus:
1) Discouraging others from taking the risk of using their IP, even if fair use
2) Drawing a line that gives them the appearance of distancing themselves from a thorny political stance without actually taking one one officially
It was not a personal device. It was a work device.
While some managers at Apple seem to have crossed a line in pushing employees towards using personal accounts for work purposes (not likely an official policy, but one Apple must answer for regardless), keeping nudes on a work device is an objectively terrible decision.
If it's a marketing ploy, it's for their consumer offerings.
Rereading the original article does cast a decidedly dour view on Apple, but it's still cherry-picking to single them out for their corporate practices ostensibly running afoul of their consumer services (and marketing, et al) when they are hardly unique in this.
Where's the news here? Looks like routine U.S. corporate practices. Seems naïve, if not plainly ignorant, to put private things on company-issued and monitored hardware then complain when the company does exactly what they say they can do. This is an entirely distinct issue from the consumer privacy topic.
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Not sure if Mandabach is intentionally or unintentionally trying to provoke the Streisand effect...
On Brand
Entirely predictable that for a modern GOP politician "reading" equals "hacking"...
Predictable
My understanding of these predictable lawsuits are that, regardless of what might be actually permitted (or not) under copyright law, in practice, corporations will pursue these actions so as to demonstrate their willingness to do so, thus:
1) Discouraging others from taking the risk of using their IP, even if fair use
2) Drawing a line that gives them the appearance of distancing themselves from a thorny political stance without actually taking one one officially
Re: Re: did she not know that Apple would have access?
It was not a personal device. It was a work device.
While some managers at Apple seem to have crossed a line in pushing employees towards using personal accounts for work purposes (not likely an official policy, but one Apple must answer for regardless), keeping nudes on a work device is an objectively terrible decision.
Re: Re:
Seems like they did until/except when they didn't?
While it hardly excuses it, but this sounds like pretty typical corporate pressure to fall in line, not make waves, etc.
This is what happens when workers have little to no leverage.
Re: Re:
If it's a marketing ploy, it's for their consumer offerings.
Rereading the original article does cast a decidedly dour view on Apple, but it's still cherry-picking to single them out for their corporate practices ostensibly running afoul of their consumer services (and marketing, et al) when they are hardly unique in this.
(untitled comment)
Where's the news here? Looks like routine U.S. corporate practices. Seems naïve, if not plainly ignorant, to put private things on company-issued and monitored hardware then complain when the company does exactly what they say they can do. This is an entirely distinct issue from the consumer privacy topic.
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