Foxconn Admits Breaking Labor Laws In China
Foxconn, an original equipment manufacturer for Apple’s iPod, has admitted that their employees work about 80 extra hours each month, which is against the law in China.
According to Chinese labor laws, a company breaks the law if it asks employees to work more than 36 extra hours each month.
However, Li Zong, a spokesperson from Foxconn, [...]
France Softens iTunes Law, but Apple Is Still Disgruntled
Leading French lawmakers voted Thursday to water down a draft copyright law that could force Apple Computer to make its iPod music player and iTunes online store compatible with rivals’ offerings.
But the changes did not appear to go far enough to satisfy Apple, which dropped the strongest hint yet that it might withdraw from the [...]
Apple hopes for toned-down French download law
Apple Computer Inc. said on Friday it was awaiting final approval of a French bill aimed at opening online media stores to rivals, which it hoped would leave the market to decide which systems prevailed.
“We are awaiting the final result of France’s legislative process,” Apple spokesman Alan Hely said in an emailed statement. “(We) hope [...]
French Bend on ITunes Law
Leading lawmakers have agreed to water down a draft law that could have threatened the future of the iPod in France.
The National Assembly voted in March to force companies like Apple Computer to make their online music stores and players compatible with rival products, but key members say they have agreed to many of the [...]
Apple Share Could Depend On Pirates’ Slice Of Pie
A lawyer specializing in international intellectual property issue believes Apple will prevail against efforts to open its music content to devices other than the iPod.
Richard Neff, of the Los Angeles firm Greenberg Glusker, said that Apple has a few things in its favor as policymakers in France, the United Kingdom and now Scandinavia. Piracy may [...]
“iPod City” on 34 Bucks a Month
Apple seems to be facing sweatshop allegations as reports by the Mail detail worker conditions at it’s sprawling Longhua plant in Southern China.
Housing an incredible 200,000 workers who earn as little as $34 bucks a month, minus food and rent to live in 100 person dormitories, workers toil through 15-hour days to make the [...]
Steve Jobs Beats Beatles In Battle Over Apple Trademark
Apple Computer’s long and winding court battle with Beatles music label Apple Corps came to a close Monday after a U.K. judge ruled that the PC maker’s iTunes online store doesn’t infringe on trademarks held by the label.
Deciding in favor of the tech company, London High Court Justice Edward Mann said the launch of [...]
Apple to reward P2P usage?
These days, it seems like all we hear is how likely it is that P2P software will own your PC with crippling malware, land you in jail, or bury you in debt. Now, rumors are swirling that Apple is prepared to turn the tide and reward Mac OSX users for utilizing P2P in their [...]
Analysts Agree with France’s iTunes Move
Analysts say the French are on to something that the rest of the world has yet to figure out: It needs to set rules for this new market now or risk one or two U.S. companies taking control of online access to music, video and TV.
French to Force iTunes to Work on Third-Party Portables
French parliamentarians finished drafting a law on Friday that would open up Apple Computer’s market-leading iTunes online music store to portable music players other than its popular iPods.
