Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Podcasting, Apple, Open Source
Apple forces iPodder name change
by Marc Perton Nov 14th 2005 at 9:31PM
Apple's lawyers are at it again. IPodder, one of the best-known open-source podcast aggregators, has been renamed Juice, apparently after lawyers from Apple contacted the development team with concerns that they were "deceiving users" that the app was somehow connected to Apple. In a way, I'm surprised it's taken Apple this long. Though the company didn't invent podcasting, now that they've embraced the concept, it seems perfectly in keeping with their brand strategy that they'd try to own it (after all, they've already filed to trademark "iPodcast"). And I have to admit, using the term "iPod" in your brand, and including a piece of fruit in your logo, is practically like asking for a call from Apple's legal team. 
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Naveen said 4:29AM on 11-15-2005
Just what you can expect from Apple.....pathetic!!!!
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corporateWhore said 5:13AM on 11-15-2005
Call me cynical, but I wouldn't put it past Apple to have created some new software and thought the name "iPodder" would be great for it, and then used their power to aquire it.
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J.T. Mill said 6:41AM on 11-15-2005
Personally, I think they're just doing this because it's got one of Apple's copyrighted names right in it. I bet Microsoft would get it's undies in a bunch too if someone came out with a new operating system called Windowser.
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Peter said 6:57AM on 11-15-2005
Yeah they really were asking for trouble with a name like that.
J.T. - Remember the Lindows fiasco?
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