Apple Sues Over iGasm Ads 342
funkeymonkeyman writes "Apple is less than pleased with an interesting new peripheral for the iPod which promises to 'take your appreciation of music to a whole new level.' Legal action has been taken against Ann Summers, the manufacturers of the new device, specifically for the similarity of the iGasm advertisements to the iconic iPod silhouette ads. The CEO of the adult retail chain replied to the threat cheerily, 'Perhaps I can send them an iGasm to put a smile back on their faces.'"
I don't know about you (Score:5, Funny)
Revenge (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Only suing vibrators? (Score:3, Funny)
iNot gonna click that link. Volunteers?
Attention Slashdotters: (Score:2, Funny)
This has been done before (Score:3, Funny)
MS-Dildows (Score:2, Funny)
iGasm Haiku (Score:5, Funny)
The screaming, it's so damn loud
Anger or pleasure?
I for one ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Anybody here try it? (Score:5, Funny)
I tried it. It hurt my bum.
Hang on, this is for chicks to use? Man, was I duped...
iGasm beat (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Attention Slashdotters: (Score:2, Funny)
We're just jealous a cheap little machine gets more than us. And I thought offshoring was bad...
Now we know... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The iGasm is ok, but.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Only suing vibrators? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No bad publicity (Score:3, Funny)
Re:iGasm beat (Score:5, Funny)
Hello the future's Microsoft (Score:4, Funny)
But they are trying to form a cultural monopoly... Very much like what Microsoft is doing. But different from Microsoft, in this case at least, they are using the society's negative feelings towards women's sexuality when it is freed of men. It is also interesting to observe how women's sexuality is desirable for Apple (just like for any other corporation) when it is the object of the male gaze, and undesirable when it is depicted as self-governing, hence not needing the presence of a penis.
Re:The iGasm is ok, but.... (Score:4, Funny)
You're posting to slashdot. With account name "appleguru". And your link goes to a site about modding video game consoles. Of the millions of people reading slashdot, I can count on one hand the number of people that believe you.
Unless by "girlfriend" you meant "girl I barely know, who filed sexual harrassment charges after I creeped her out with an OhMiBod vibrator gift." That one I'd believe.
Young wippersnappers (Score:2, Funny)
"on the go" (Score:2, Funny)
just make sure all your tunes end with a long ritard
duh (Score:5, Funny)
iFuck (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Let me correct the headline for you... (Score:5, Funny)
Confusion?
If you can't tell the difference between a sex toy & a portable music player, then.... well, let's just say I don't want to borrow your iPod.
Re:iFuck (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I for one ... (Score:5, Funny)
There, fixed that for you
Re:No bad publicity (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No bad publicity (Score:3, Funny)
Re:MS-Dildows (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I don't know about you (Score:3, Funny)
AAaaaagggh! (Score:5, Funny)
Damn porn filter at work.
Re:iGasm Haiku (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No bad publicity (Score:5, Funny)
He He. HeHe. Bottom. He He.
Re:No bad publicity (Score:5, Funny)
See "just to see it in action", read "to replace the electric toothbrush".
Sorry, saw the joke and took it.
Re:iFuck (Score:1, Funny)
Technically, I believe what you have there is an iFuck Nano.
Re:Let me correct that headline for you. (Score:3, Funny)
Well, I'm considering one now. For my wife, of course. I've always wanted to wire my wife's vibrator to my guitar, only she doesn't have one. :(
Darth Vader says "Do Not Want" (Score:3, Funny)
Besides which, it reads "To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before". What happened to the infinitive-splitting "boldly"?- your average nerd *will* complain about such things.
That Ann Summers site is cheesier than a Swiss cheese factory, too.
Re:I don't know about you (Score:5, Funny)
I am confiscating (Score:3, Funny)
Don't bother (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Parody ? (Score:5, Funny)
You do? Maybe we should talk.
Re:I don't know about you (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't know about you (Score:4, Funny)
So you bunch of Apple fanboyz all agree that Apple's in the right?
Shock!
Re:I don't know about you (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ann Summers (Score:5, Funny)
Life imitates art (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Parody ? (Score:2, Funny)
Hey Steve (Score:5, Funny)
Did she just (very politely) tell Steve Jobs to stick it up his ass?
confused (Score:1, Funny)
Better name (Score:2, Funny)
Unafraid! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't know about you (Score:3, Funny)
I have always said that the iPod fanboys/girls should shove it.