Apple Legal Forces AppleKeynotes.com Shutdown

I don't know what your policy is on piracy..anyway here's a 10GB(!!) torrent of all keynotes from the past 10 years.
http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3462114&fl#show

I would argue that from the moment Apple submits anything, a Press Release, an interview, a Video over this medium (the net) to anyone who visits that that asset when it is delivered to the press it becomes Public Domain. Obviously plenty of lawyers would disagree with me, but I bet a First Ammendment fight on when something becomes public knowledge and when it doesn't shouldn't allow Apple rights to pull that content from a site offering it for educational purposes.

Just my viewpoint, and obviously with no legal backingwhatsoever ;D

Refer to the Apple website if you want to see the most recent keynotes. Most of them are streams, but this shouldn't matter for nostalgic views. I would appreciate if Apple would provide a DVD with high res keynote material in MPEG or QT format. But I guess John C. Randolph was right.

View http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/appleevents/

Copyrights. Again. What a shame!

Perhaps the crew of lawyers might read Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture, a book available not only at Amazon. Copyright laws were there to protect us from FM radio (delayed its adoption by about 15 years), and there are other examples. Had it been for copyright laws an awesome product like iPod would have never made it to the market. Likewise digital photography would have never taken off.

Think. Be tough, but generous. It's a give and take, not give or take...

Sorry applekeynotes.com had to close. I hope it can reopen. It is a free, not-for-profit activity by fans, for fans. Internet has opened doors, let's not close them...

One word: BitTorrent

(..or is that TWO words?)

Aww, that's really too bad. I wish I had saved some of those great keynotes :'(

It seems as if Apple legal is back at work. But why don't they go after a site like this one: http://osx.portraitofakite.com
They've been around for some time and even got some reviews on other sites. They've been copying icons, wallpapers, logos, etc. from OS X and I can't think that what they are doing is legal.

Guys,

What nobody's considered here, is that several of Apple's keynotes included performances by musicians, which are always done under very specific licenses, which allow Apple to distribute the performances for a limited period, and do NOT allow other parties to distribute them at all.

So, pack up your conspiracy theories. You don't need them.

-jcr

If you look at http://applekeynotes.com/keynotes/ there is a slightly different message ;)

They probably started thinking long and hard about that "Megahertz Myth" crud from a couple of years ago and realized how dumb that now looks.

Scuttle it.

Plus, they were probably trrying to keep that keynote with Jack Abramoff from getting too much play. Might look bad.