[Infowarrior] - German and Dutch tech idiocy

[Richard Forno]

Way to be helpful to tourists and other folks, guys.  --rf


Berlin bans handy iPhone metro app

By Jan Libbenga • Get more from this author

Posted in Applications, 4th November 2008 14:19 GMT

Berlin public transportation company BVG has banned a popular iPhone  
application which helps to navigate the city's vast metro system with  
over 3000 stations.

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands Dutch Rail is threatening a student who  
developed a nifty train timetable for the iPhone. Both VBG and Dutch  
Rail claim the Apps violate their copyright.

The German iPhone App Fahr-Info-Berlin was developed by 21-year-old  
student Jonas Witt, and has been downloaded over 20,000 times from the  
iTunes App Store since it first appeared in July.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/german_iphone_app_verboten/