Apple Settles with Tiger Leaker

The Hobo writes "CNet is carrying a story about Apple reaching a settlement with one of the Tiger leakers, 22-year-old Doug Steigerwald. The terms of the settlement were not released, but it was said that money will be paid to Apple. To quote Doug, 'As a member of Apple's Developer Connection program I received a pre-release version of Apple's Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger' software, which I promised to keep confidential, instead, I disseminated it over the Internet, and thousands of unauthorized copies of Apple's software were illegally distributed to the public'"

I've seen it happen

[2.7182]

at the zoo, and boy let me tell you they must drink a lot!

How Sincere...

[NOT-2-QUICK]

I am sure that the admission of guilt was in no way a coherced condition of the settlement terms... :-)

That proves it

[Anita Coney]

OSX is better. Windows only has memory leaks!

Re:How Sincere...

[Anonymous Coward]

I am sure that the admission of guilt was in no way a coherced condition of the settlement terms.

I'm sure it wasn't, since "coherced" isn't a word in the English language.

So now that the damage has been done....

[numbski]

the case has been settled, and everyone's happy...

Where's my torrent? :)

Re:That's gotta hurt

[saddino]

What's sad here is, he likely got pressured into giving up a copy or two to some friends, who probably SWORE they wouldn't share it.

Since one his friends is named "BitTorrent" he should've known that friend was going to share it. ;-)

Spell Checker...

[NOT-2-QUICK]

Thanks, dude... I always said that Slashdot needed a spell checker for comments.

Since you obviously have nothing better to do in your life, I would say you should get the job!

Re:it should have happened

[drinkypoo]

I'm pretty sure the public announcement was part of the settlement, kind of like when we make celebrities caught snorting coke of a ten year old boy's ass make a public service announcement about the dangers of illegal drugs.

Applelogies to Blake

[Anonymous Coward]

Tyger, tyger burning bright,
In the shadows of the night.
What immortal hand or eye
Dare leak thy secrets P-to-P?

Tyger [tuffydog.com]

Re:I guess signing a Non Disclosure...

[tehwebguy]

"by signing yuo agree not 2 l34k teh warez und3r penalty of appel pwnage lol"

Sign on

[nottsp1]

Steigerwald is actually not a student, but a recent graduate of North Carolina State University who is currently looking for a job...

Good luck, chief.

Re:So now that the damage has been done....

[b1t r0t]

Where's my torrent? :)

Here you go! [slackware.com]

Tiger Leaker, burning bright.

[AtariAmarok]

Incontinent Tiger, burning bright
Apple Secrets, in blog shall write
But tiger urine's not the drink for you
We know panther urine makes Mountain Dew.

Re:I guess signing a Non Disclosure...

[gstoddart]

WTF is a "thowsand"?

Picture 'dubya saying we got ou'selves a thowsand new-ku-lar weapons.

The poster has an accent. :-P

So THAT's what happened to...

[IronChefMorimoto]

kind of like when we make celebrities caught snorting coke of a ten year old boy's ass make a public service announcement about the dangers of illegal drugs.

So that's what happened to Michael Jackson's nose.

When did his "The More You Know!" PSA air?

IronChefMorimoto

Re:I've seen it happen

[techfury90]

That reminds me of what happened the last time I went to Publix, the bagger's nametag said "Matt v2.0b".

Re:Apple, I hope you don't want any more of my mon

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course, this *is* /.

Re:I've seen it happen

[eomnimedia]

LOL! That's most excellent, but it also explains why he's still a bagger.

(I realize the above comment may have offended many baggers reading this, and I also realize that bagging is an honorable, centuries-old, tradition. I, myself, have participated in the great art of bagging, so I have nothing but respect for those who sack the fine consumables purchased daily by shoppers everywhere.)

Re:NDA's not so meaningless...

[Ohreally_factor]

I'm not sure that I've ever seen anyone claim that.

You're filtering stories too high.

Re:I guess signing a Non Disclosure...

[Anonymous Coward]

thowsand was probably written by someone who didn't know how to spell the work thousand...I rarely make proximity based errors and when I do I spot them because I'm looking at the screen at what I type and not the keyboard.

Bet you feel like an ass.

Re:I guess signing a Non Disclosure...

[WinterSolstice]

I'm sorry Mr. Coward, but that is incorrect. I have just conducted a search of your last 200 posts, and many of them contained significant errors. ;)

-WS

Send Students to Jail?

[Anonymous Coward]

"While Apple will always protect its innovations, it is not our desire to send students to jail," Apple said in a statement to CNET News.com.

Yeah, I forgot that Apple had the ability to bring criminal charges against private citizens. Remember back in 2001 when congress passed a bill making it legal for Apple to prosecute people criminally. They even had an episode of Law and Order where Apple bought down a reputed mob boss for a contract killing.

Yeaaaa Apple!!! Keep'on keepin' our streets safe!

Re:I've seen it happen

[davesag]

sorry for being almost 100% off topic but the parent post just brough flooding back the time I was visiting this place in the middle of nowhere in australia, between melbourne and adelaide, called Kryal Castle. it's some sort of castle that got moved brick by brick from europe somewhere. anyway the point is they have wild cats, including lions and tigers (see relevent) in cages in the middle of the castle grounds. I was standing there as this massive female lion turned, aimed,(ie looked carefully, turned a bit more, ) and then shot a hot stream of lion piss about 6 metres all over a middle aged couple and their teenaged kids. this was a directed blast - like a firehose of piss. Oh how we laughed that day. the other 60 or so tourists wandering about there thought it was hillarious too. and watching these parents try to calm their howling kids down was just the icing on the cake. i laughed aloud just recalling it. and remember kids - lions can shoot hot piss 20 feet! that's not something they teach you lions can do!

Re:I guess signing a Non Disclosure...

[indifferent children]

Experienced typists tend to make homophonic mistakes

I dunno, for some reason that explanation sounds gay.

Re:Why should he be punished?

[Ykant]

To the best of my knowledge, no one's ever downloaded a prerelease album in order to get a headstart on developing exploits for it.