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December 2, 2008 12:01:30 PM CST



Is Apple Trying to Silence Fake Steve Jobs?

Posted Dec 24, 07 6:16 AM CST in Business Arts & Living Technology 

(Newser) – Is Apple trying to shut down Fake Steve Jobs? Real Steve Jobs has said he finds his impersonator’s satirical blog amusing, but now Fake Steve writes that Apple has offered him $500,000 to quit, at one point threatening to sue him if he declined. FSJ stood on principle and turned down the money … assuming any of this really happened.

The saga reads like a clever riff on the settlement which shut down “Think Secret,” a popular Apple rumor site. FSJ’s supposed lawyer, Tony Clifton, shares a name with an Andy Kaufman character. After FSJ’s high-minded refusal to sell out (“You had Gandhi in your ads. Gandhi dude!”) Clifton comments, “You really screwed the pooch on this one.”

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This photo shows the real Steve Jobs. There is also a fake Steve Jobs, who impersonates Steve Jobs online, and alleges that Apple offered him $500,000 to shut down his blog. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)   (Associated Press)
Fake Steve turns down "offer," on principle. (AP Photo/PA, Cathal McNaughton)   (Associated Press)
In this 2007 photo provided by Forbes, Forbes Senior Editor Daniel Lyons is shown. At long last, someone has cracked one of the technology world's biggest mysteries -- the identity of Fake Steve, a pointed-toungued...   (Associated Press)
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