Apple sued for 'faulty' iPods

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Man claims it could make him deaf

By Nick Farrell: Friday 03 February 2006, 08:01
A LOUISIANA man is suing Apple for flogging an iPod which could make him deaf in the future. John Kiel Patterson is not deaf yet, but thinks that his iPod may make him deaf in the future thanks to the fact that he plays it very loud.

According to Patterson’s complaint, Apple makes the iPod so that it can produce sounds of more than 115 decibels, a volume that can damage the hearing of a person exposed to the sound for more than 28 seconds per day.

He said that the beautiful looking iPods should be adorned with huge warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss. In addition to the warnings, he wants compensation for unspecified damages and upgrades that will make iPods safer.

Apple says that its iPods do ship with a warning that "permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones are used at high volume". However it was forced to pull the iPod from store shelves in France and upgrade software on the device to limit sound to 100 decibels.

Apple didn’t do that in the United States, where people are considered responsible enough to turn the things down before their ears start bleeding.
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Draw your own conclusions. But I can't help but wonder if that I-pod was paid for with a $2000 debit card .... or via the 5-finger Louisiana discount.
 
Professur said:
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Draw your own conclusions. But I can't help but wonder if that I-pod was paid for with a $2000 debit card .... or via the 5-finger Louisiana discount.
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I'm not taking the bait, I'm not taking the bait, I'm not taking the bait....

*has never stolen a thing in her life.....well...there was that Pot Roast from the ship but since I used it to cook dinner for a bunch of sailors I like to call it reappropriation.
 
He said that the beautiful looking iPods should be adorned with huge warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss.
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Apparently he already knows to turn the sumbitch down.

Kill him.
 
???

Inkara1 said:
Now now... wouldn't want to incur the wrath of flavio by suggesting bodily harm to someone you don't agree with, even in jest.
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That's okay, I wasn't joking. I seriously believe that dragging down the human intellect by that amount should be punishable by death. :evilcool:
 
Apple didn’t do that in the United States, where people are considered responsible enough to turn the things down before their ears start bleeding.
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they deserve to be sued just for that statement alone. didnt they ever hear of the infamous cup of McD's coffee.
 
Spot said:
they deserve to be sued just for that statement alone. didnt they ever hear of the infamous cup of McD's coffee.
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yes, another absolutely ridiculous case...i wonder what the problem is with people like that. absolutely no brains whatsoever. maybe i should sue the people who produced my chair, since it could harm me when i fall off...
 
After falling off my roof & breaking many things, I am stuck in the house & forgot to pay the gas bill. "Hey, hon, bring in the Weber will ya?"
 
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