Apple lawsuit, ipod may cause hearing loss.

Give me a break... so he wants to cripple the iPods internal amp for the rest of us? or make apple put some ugly ass warning sticker that you can't remove like those damned airbag stickers on cars now?
 
Caution: Swimming pools may cause drowning.

Give me a break, unless the volume starts at 110 db on the iPod this is retarded.
 
No, he wants compensation for his "possible" hearing loss and an ugly ass warning sticker. It comes down to wanting $$$, not protecting consumers. Hell, its clearly in the manual NOT to play at full volume. Maybe they should put warning labels on hammers?
Caution, may smack fingers when in use.

-E
 
He's trying to make money obviously. If anyone has ben watching the news for the past 3 years they would know that the experts reccommend a maximum 10 minutes a day of listening to loud music directly through your ears. (aka. headphones). This initially came about the first day someone decided to attach speakers to their ears.

The guy has no case because it has been talked about for years already. All this guy did was watch the news.

 
The headphones that come with the iPod aren't very powerful to begin with, so if his case is based on the output of the earbuds, I don't think he'll win. I have a pair and they are a bit on the weak side, and if you turn them all the way up the drivers start buzzing.
 
cavaliereternal said:
The headphones that come with the iPod aren't very powerful to begin with, so if his case is based on the output of the earbuds, I don't think he'll win. I have a pair and they are a bit on the weak side, and if you turn them all the way up the drivers start buzzing.
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If you listen to them enough and at full volume you could still cause hearing loss. Those audiologist people don't recommend listening for more than an hour or two at normal volume anyway. We'll see how much of a case this is but I doubt it's a very good one. Maybe he saw the success of other class action suits against Apple and thought "hey I might as well try..."
 
This guy is an obvious Microsoft fan_boy who most certainly has a grudge against Apple because the iPod is too l33t. :p
 
The sound output in the euopean iPods is already gimped due to some silly french ruling.

I fucking hate the french sometimes.
 
Why is this lawsuit against only apple? Anything that you can put headphones into at too high of a volume for a long time can cause hearing loss...so should we sue other MP3 player companies too? Common sense will tell you not to listen to music too loudly for a while...

 
it should not be only apple i agree

and no lie, my hearing has gone alittle worst since i got an ipod

whether its from the ipod itself is another thing

but im for this lawsuit, even if it is stupid, i think it can raise awareness about using those earbuds for excessive long time and loud volumn and such and how it can damage hearing

those programs that limits the volumn is great, cuz honestly, whose is goin to look at the warning sticker and actually follow it
 
My 60gb iPod just arrived today :cool: .. and I was really surprised at how loud it is with the original earbuds! I was using a Sandisk 1gb flash based mp3 prior to this, and at max volume, it was nowhere near the ipod..

So, I can see how some IDIOT might cause himself hearing damage by playing it at full volume, but come on.. a lawsuit? That's just stooopid
 
Asian Dub Foundation said:
it should not be only apple i agree

and no lie, my hearing has gone alittle worst since i got an ipod

whether its from the ipod itself is another thing

but im for this lawsuit, even if it is stupid, i think it can raise awareness about using those earbuds for excessive long time and loud volumn and such and how it can damage hearing

those programs that limits the volumn is great, cuz honestly, whose is goin to look at the warning sticker and actually follow it
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Its a choice. There are plenty of warnings and things out there to let people know about this danger. Wheter or not people want to listen to the warnings is their own choice ans shouldn't be made law.

Amendment one of the United States Bill of Rights:
Freedom of expression and freedom of choice

The guy with that filed the lawsuit also has freedom of speech but the government can't infringe on other people's right just because one guy doesn't like it.

 
tdg said:
Caution: Swimming pools may cause drowning.

Give me a break, unless the volume starts at 110 db on the iPod this is retarded.
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QFT. Hey moron....turn it down. :confused:
 
Big surprise... trying to get certified as a class. Where the attys get rich and the class members get a pat on the head. Wonder who the driving force behind this action is.
 
OMG I JUST DUMPED A CUP OF COFFEE ON MY LAP BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING WITH IT BETWEEN MY LEGS AND DIDNT KNOW IT WAS STEAMING HOT!

:rolleyes:
 
omg liek mandewd i just ate cheeseburgers for the last 3 years liek i havint shit in liek 8 months and my gut crushs my nutz and liek i cant hav kids kikikik liek who du i sew?

LOL. stupid people own so hard. they should get their own island
 
toymachineman19 said:
Why is this lawsuit against only apple? Anything that you can put headphones into at too high of a volume for a long time can cause hearing loss...so should we sue other MP3 player companies too? Common sense will tell you not to listen to music too loudly for a while...
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QFT....common sense is something missing from many people today...and those people want to be compensated for it because they can't think for themselves since there isn't a label telling them what's good and what's bad.

Absolutely ludicrous.....:mad:

I hate stupid people.
 
If this goes through im gonna go jump on some banks network and blame the network card manufacturer for allowing me to do it. :rolleyes:
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
How about letting people decide for themselves if they want tinnitus or not?
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And also, some people do need the higher volume levels because their hearing just isn't that great to start with.

I don't have perfect hearing, and I need things turned up a little bit more, but I am thinking that is probably related to my job (band director... standing next to the drumline when they are warming up or in front of the hornline before a marching band competition can really leave some ringing on occasion).
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
The sound output in the euopean iPods is already gimped due to some silly french ruling.

I fucking hate the french sometimes.
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The french are the biggest bunch of F@9's around!
 
ha, stupid lawsuits.

I hope he falls over and accidently strangles himself with the headphone cable.

either that or gets stabbed in the eye with a ipod.
 
Yeah, those new 5th gen iPods are dangerous weapons. The earlier ones had all rounded edges on all sides, but the new ones are sharper. You could probably cut someone's throad with one of those.
 
This is just the same as the McDonalds hot coffee deal.

So, its the ipods fault youre stupid........ok.

I am astounded theres a lawyer in the US willing to file such a stupid case. Stating the obvious seems like the way to go in search of the legal jackpot.

I hope Apple countersues this idiot for being stupid.
 
This just proves how badly we need tort reform. "Loser pays" would put a stop to the gold-digger lawsuits and put a lot of ambulance-chasing lawyers out on their asses.

We also need a permanent ban on ALL warning labels. Just let nature take its course for a few generations and you'll no longer need warning labels. :D

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to play music at excessive volume.
 
Hal|9k said:
This just proves how badly we need tort reform. "Loser pays" would put a stop to the gold-digger lawsuits and put a lot of ambulance-chasing lawyers out on their asses.

We also need a permanent ban on ALL warning labels. Just let nature take its course for a few generations and you'll no longer need warning labels. :D

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to play music at excessive volume.
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Absolutely.Well said.Im glad I can read, because I cant hear you......Im going to sue LedZeppelin and SteelyDan cuz I listened to their loud music when I was younger,AND there was no warning label......quick call the "heavy hitters". (what bullshit!) :eek:
 
Asian Dub Foundation said:
it should not be only apple i agree

and no lie, my hearing has gone alittle worst since i got an ipod

whether its from the ipod itself is another thing

but im for this lawsuit, even if it is stupid, i think it can raise awareness about using those earbuds for excessive long time and loud volumn and such and how it can damage hearing

those programs that limits the volumn is great, cuz honestly, whose is goin to look at the warning sticker and actually follow it
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so you are for frivilous lawsuits that drive the price of products up becuase the companies have to pay their lawyers to go to court and prove that if you have any fucking common sense and NOT crank the volume all the way up and listen for hours on end you WON'T have any hearing issues....guess you are one of the people that needs to read the warning label on a box of razor blades saying "Warning: Razor blades are sharp!" or the warning label on a snow blower "Not for use on roof tops." welcome to the world of not taking personal responsibility for your own actions

 
Pathetic. They already did something like that in Europe, but as was already stated a lot of it depends on the headphones you use, my Sennheiser's are definitely not deafening at max volume, except for on a few songs.
 
"I'm going to sue Hustler for giving my wrist carpal tunnel"

These are so pathetic...
 
valve1138 said:
OMG I JUST DUMPED A CUP OF COFFEE ON MY LAP BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING WITH IT BETWEEN MY LEGS AND DIDNT KNOW IT WAS STEAMING HOT!

:rolleyes:
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The old woman you are talking about got third degree burns because of the coffee spill. For that to happen the McDonalds must have been serving coffee well well well over what it is regulated to do, which is illegal.

Also, I'd like to see what you think when you get third degree burns on your penis.
 
MrJohnson said:
The old woman you are talking about got third degree burns because of the coffee spill. For that to happen the McDonalds must have been serving coffee well well well over what it is regulated to do, which is illegal.

Also, I'd like to see what you think when you get third degree burns on your penis.
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but it also comes down to common sense...lets see....hot cup of coffee....I am driving...lets put it between my legs and see what happens...sorry...I think McDonalds should have paid her medical bills and that is it...even if the lid was barely on and they dropped it when handing it to her I would have had a hard time with a lawsuit against them...lets just face it...people are out to get as much as they can from a company that has money if they think they can get away with it.....anybody for Wendy's chilli?

 
When it comes to the McDonalds story, what I heard is that she was far from the first customer at that particular McD's to get burns, and the money she got barely covered the medical bills... Supposedly, the coffee was like 20 degrees centigrade hotter than it's supposed to be by their own regulations.
 
Ok, so today I was drinking a Dr. Pepper. I look at the label and see the following.

/!\ WARNING
Contents under pressure. Cap may blow off causing eye or other serious injury. Point away from face and people, especially while opening.

How many people here think that the label on the Dr. Pepper can was put there because of some dumbass that pointed it at his faceand then filed a lawsuit.

Its all about the money for some people. The iPod guy already go twhat he wanted. TV time and some fame. Its all pofit from here on out even if he loses the case.

 
stupid world, we should have less rights

eh? how about you take responsibility for your possessions and your body rather than take away others' rights to blow their ears deaf
 
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