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Apple Orders Sites to Pull iPod nano Pics

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 at 1:25 PM - by

Supposedly "leaked" images of the next iteration of the iPod nano have been showing up on Web sites recently, but now those pics are all but gone. Apple's legal team has been contacting sites and telling them to remove the images.

The images showed what many have been describing as the "fat nano" thanks to its squat square shape that looked decidedly un-Ive like. According to rumors, the fat nano could play videos just like the full-size iPod.

The pictures were available at Gizmodo and 9 to 5 Mac. Once Apple's legal department contacted the sites and the pictures disappeared, many Web surfers took that as an indication that the images really were of the next iPod nano. It is possible, however, that Apple made the request to help protect its designs and concepts regardless of whether or not the images were accurate.

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jimothy said:

member since 04 Jun 2004 with 611 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:39 pm

I saw the pictures, and I gotta say, they look pretty darn ugly. I hope they're fake. But if they are, what legal ground does Apple have to request they be taken down? I can see how they might want to ask any mock ups to be taken down, whether real or fake, so people don't interpret a request as confirmation the design is real. But it doesn't seem they'd have any legal basis to order this, unless the designs were either real or at least leaked design candidates from Apple.

Not that the requests need to be legally enforceable; sometimes, just the request to take them down is enough.

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brett_x said:

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Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:31 pm

Jimothy- the article says they were "Supposedly "leaked"". Even if they weren't really leaked, I think they have a legal basis if they are claiming to be real. Mock ups by external people are a completely different story. But they shouldn't claim to be "leaked" or "real" at all.

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burrito said:

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Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:58 pm

those supposed nanos aren't aesthetically pleasing at all. it looked like something creative would put out on the market. if they're gonna stick with a click wheel, they should just slightly alter their current form, there's nothing wrong with it.

though i gotta say, i liked the first nano better than the current one. the new one looks much less elegant.

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gslusher said:

member since 13 Nov 2002 with 2088 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:00 pm

jimothy wrote:
But if they are, what legal ground does Apple have to request they be taken down? I can see how they might want to ask any mock ups to be taken down, whether real or fake, so people don't interpret a request as confirmation the design is real. But it doesn't seem they'd have any legal basis to order this, unless the designs were either real or at least leaked design candidates from Apple.

Not that the requests need to be legally enforceable; sometimes, just the request to take them down is enough.

1. Copyright (if they belong to Apple)

2. Stolen property

3. Damage to Apple

These would probably apply even if the pictures were of a rejected design concept.

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