"You've gotta be kidding me," is exactly the words that came from my mouth, sitting all by myself in my room reading up on some news wires I've grabbed from my gmail. Every now and then I get a spur of the moment, read the news feeds at the top of my inbox and this one hooked me fast. One of our very own, from the fine country area (I'm sure) of Louisiana, has actually filed a lawsuit against Apple. Next thing I said outloud was, "What the hell did they do this time?!" Lol, this is rediculous.
This guy actually claims to have had hearing loss from the iPod. No doubt, the iPod can destroy an ear drum if the volume is turned on high for extended periods of time. But.... thats a duh moment. Anyone knows that shit.
"Hey doode, is your ear bleeding? Maybe you should turn those white, pretty little earbuds down then, dont'cha think?"
So I go on to read that he's actually not going to sue them for the possible hearing loss he possibly could have gotten. Good move moron, it wouldn't hold up in court. He's sueing them for not having enough warning on the iPod itself... (right now I'm sitting here frozen trying to come up with the most horribly mean thing to say about how stupid this guy is... just cant seem to make it good enough, so I'm leaving it up to your imaginations). So, all you iPod owners and future iPod owners, watch out, your precious white pearl may be snatched back in a recall and turned into one big fat warning label.
I mean honestly, as a designer, I can't begin to imagine several things.
a) Where are they going to elegantly fit this big fat warning
b) How will they make a WARNING label look attractive
c) Will they be required to put more than one? If so,
read a) and b) again x2...
Now, they do have one thing going for them. France and such actually made Apple pull the iPod and lower its max output from 120 decibels to 100 decibels. They haven't followed suit in America yet, so this strappingly smart man of Louisiana jumped the gun before anyone else has. But... really, who doesn't turn the music down when it hurts?
One commentor to the article gave some great advice, how about I just go ahead and drive my car 130 mph and then sue the manufacturer when I lose control. It's their fault for not limiting me right?
I'm so proud to be a Louisianan... ugh...
-Ken
