Frivolous lawsuits happen all the time, but this one take the cake. Apple is being sued by a Tennessee lawyer because they expose him to porn and every iDevice should have a filter for porn:
The plaintiff, Chris Sevier, is an attorney in Nashville. A news report of his arrest last month on unrelated charges of stalking country music star John Rich (the guy whose obnoxious song mars my weekly viewing of College GameDay) states that Sevier’s 36, though his Model Mayhem bio says he’s 26. For someone mad about porn on the Internet, he’s already adopted its first cardinal rule: models always lie about their age.
Sevier’s complaint makes a simple request: Apple should sell all products with an installed filter blocking all Internet porn. If the buyer, over the age of 18, wishes to unlock the Internet, he or she is free to contact Apple, sign a form acknowledging the ills of pornography, and receive a code to remove the filter. Sevier argues that the burden must be shifted from parents to the manufacturer to sell a locked device. That sounds like a fair enough, even laudable goal. But Sevier also wants these filters installed lest the responsibility be up to *shudder* individuals exercising self-control.
Now, frequent readers of this blog know that Apple (or more accurately the late Steve Jobs) hates porn. But there is zero chance that they would ever actively filter porn and manage that for users. Just like there’s zero chance of this lawsuit succeeding. As an aside, it sounds like this guy has an issue with porn that he need to get some help for. Maybe he should do that rather than sue the deepest pockets he can find?
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Apple Sued Because Their Devices Display Porn…. #YouGottaBeKidding
Frivolous lawsuits happen all the time, but this one take the cake. Apple is being sued by a Tennessee lawyer because they expose him to porn and every iDevice should have a filter for porn:
The plaintiff, Chris Sevier, is an attorney in Nashville. A news report of his arrest last month on unrelated charges of stalking country music star John Rich (the guy whose obnoxious song mars my weekly viewing of College GameDay) states that Sevier’s 36, though his Model Mayhem bio says he’s 26. For someone mad about porn on the Internet, he’s already adopted its first cardinal rule: models always lie about their age.
Sevier’s complaint makes a simple request: Apple should sell all products with an installed filter blocking all Internet porn. If the buyer, over the age of 18, wishes to unlock the Internet, he or she is free to contact Apple, sign a form acknowledging the ills of pornography, and receive a code to remove the filter. Sevier argues that the burden must be shifted from parents to the manufacturer to sell a locked device. That sounds like a fair enough, even laudable goal. But Sevier also wants these filters installed lest the responsibility be up to *shudder* individuals exercising self-control.
Now, frequent readers of this blog know that Apple (or more accurately the late Steve Jobs) hates porn. But there is zero chance that they would ever actively filter porn and manage that for users. Just like there’s zero chance of this lawsuit succeeding. As an aside, it sounds like this guy has an issue with porn that he need to get some help for. Maybe he should do that rather than sue the deepest pockets he can find?
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