It looks like the suit might be against just 3 ADC users.

Jello wrote:
] ] 12/24/2004: Apple Computer, Inc. has filed suit against
] ] Mac TKA members
] ]
] ] Members of the Mac.TKA Community,
] ]
] ] Before reading, know this: Any replies made to this
] ] thread which are not questions will be deleted.
] ]
] ] Many of you are still questioning our motives surrounding
] ] the disabling, and later the deletion of, the torrent of
] ] Apple's pre-release beta of Mac OS X Tiger dubbed Build
] ] 8A323. You've all had many questions, and we've been
] ] carefully mulling over how to answer your concerns. Now
] ] we're prepared to provide you with an answer that is
] ] clear as to the issue at hand.
] ]
] ] The torrent was brought to the attention of Apple
] ] Computer's Legal team who subsequently contacted the site
] ] administrators, as well as some of the volunteer staff,
] ] to request the torrent's removal. The torrent was then
] ] disabled with a note instructing other staff members to
] ] not re-enable the torrent. Because of the nature of this
] ] incident, we wanted to ascertain as much information as
] ] possible about what has happened and what will happen in
] ] the future before making a statement.
] ]
] ] The Apple Developer Relations team has asked, and we've
] ] complied to the best of our abilities, that all
] ] pre-release torrents originating from the Apple Developer
] ] Connection be disabled; you'll find that all Tiger builds
] ] have been either disabled or deleted. As such, we'd like
] ] to ask that no one attempt to upload further pre-release
] ] software builds from the Developer program. Apple has
] ] many reasons for their decisions not to allow us to offer
] ] these torrents to you, and we -- the Mac.TKA Staff --
] ] must abide by their wishes as the developers of the
] ] software in question.
] ]
] ] Furthermore, Apple has asked that all users who have
] ] downloaded this software without possessing an Apple
] ] program membership which allows you legal access to this
] ] software to delete all copies which may have been
] ] downloaded.
] ]
] ] We're here to host a Mac community and to serve torrents,
] ] to have a learning experience in building a peer-to-peer
] ] community. Users are responsible for content which they
] ] upload. Moderators and Administrators respond to any
] ] valid legal complaints in the manner which the staff
] ] feels is appropriate and addresses the concerns of the
] ] complaint.
] ]
] ] Remember that no one on BitTorrent is anonymous -- no
] ] matter what precautions you take, BitTorrent needs REAL,
] ] EXACT IP information to properly route traffic among
] ] peers. Just because we don't list full IPs and us... [ Read More (0.3k in body) ]

terratogen wrote:
] It looks like the suit might be against just 3 ADC users.
]
] Jello wrote:
] ] ] 12/24/2004: Apple Computer, Inc. has filed suit against
] ] ] Mac TKA members
] ] ]
] ] ] Members of the Mac.TKA Community,
] ] ]
] ] ] Before reading, know this: Any replies made to this
] ] ] thread which are not questions will be deleted.
] ] ]
] ] ] Many of you are still questioning our motives surrounding
] ] ] the disabling, and later the deletion of, the torrent of
] ] ] Apple's pre-release beta of Mac OS X Tiger dubbed Build
] ] ] 8A323. You've all had many questions, and we've been
] ] ] carefully mulling over how to answer your concerns. Now
] ] ] we're prepared to provide you with an answer that is
] ] ] clear as to the issue at hand.
] ] ]
] ] ] The torrent was brought to the attention of Apple
] ] ] Computer's Legal team who subsequently contacted the site
] ] ] administrators, as well as some of the volunteer staff,
] ] ] to request the torrent's removal. The torrent was then
] ] ] disabled with a note instructing other staff members to
] ] ] not re-enable the torrent. Because of the nature of this
] ] ] incident, we wanted to ascertain as much information as
] ] ] possible about what has happened and what will happen in
] ] ] the future before making a statement.
] ] ]
] ] ] The Apple Developer Relations team has asked, and we've
] ] ] complied to the best of our abilities, that all
] ] ] pre-release torrents originating from the Apple Developer
] ] ] Connection be disabled; you'll find that all Tiger builds
] ] ] have been either disabled or deleted. As such, we'd like
] ] ] to ask that no one attempt to upload further pre-release
] ] ] software builds from the Developer program. Apple has
] ] ] many reasons for their decisions not to allow us to offer
] ] ] these torrents to you, and we -- the Mac.TKA Staff --
] ] ] must abide by their wishes as the developers of the
] ] ] software in question.
] ] ]
] ] ] Furthermore, Apple has asked that all users who have
] ] ] downloaded this software without possessing an Apple
] ] ] program membership which allows you legal access to this
] ] ] software to delete all copies which may have been
] ] ] downloaded.
] ] ]
] ] ] We're here to host a Mac community and to serve torrents,
] ] ] to have a learning experience in building a peer-to-peer
] ] ] community. Users are responsible for content which they
] ] ] upload. Moderators and Administrators respond to any
] ] ] valid legal complaints in the manner which the staff
] ] ] feels is appropriate and addresses the concerns of the
] ] ] complaint.
] ] ]
] ] ] Remember that no one on BitTorrent is anonymous -- no
] ] ] matter what precautions you take, B... [ Read More (0.3k in body) ]