Remains of the Day: So sue me

31.03.2011
Amazon does an about face on licenses for cloud music, and we go three for three in matters legal, including an eye-rolling patent suit against Apple and a surprise antitrust complaint. The remainders for Thursday, March 31, 2011 demand a retrial.

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Amazon has apparently rethought its by, er, asking the music industry for licenses. They say it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, but given the record companies' history of extreme litigiousness, maybe that wasn't the approach.

(All Things D)

The name Allison Johnson may not mean much to you, but as Apple's vice president of worldwide marketing she managed much of the company's iconic ads and other branding. Now Johnson is moving on from Apple and founding a marketing firm; we wish her the best and hope she doesn't have that Get a Mac music stuck in her head for the rest of her life.

(paidContent.org)