Given the substantial public interest in the rare posthumous appearance of Steve Jobs in this trial, there simply is no interest that justifies restricting the public’s access to his video deposition,†attorney Thomas Burke, who is representing all three media organizations, wrote in the filing Monday.
Apple is on the hook for deleting songs on users’ iPods purchased through rival music stores. The company through the mouth of its online and services chief, Eddy Cue, insisted that its agreements with record labels contractually obliged it to plug any holes in its FairPlay digital-rights management system that software like Real Networks’ Harmony repeatedly exploited.
It was only earlier today that the two plaintiffs in the iPod DRM lawsuit were found to be illegitimate, but Judge Rogers has still decided to continue with the lawsuit.
