A site which tracked iDevice stock status has been shut down by Apple via a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice.
Apple-Tracker and iPhone-Check, websites that let consumers know which Apple products were in stock at a location near them has been shut down. Both the services were launched this year and users could input a zip code to check whether an iDevice was in stock at brick n mortar stores.
The developer of the site Mordy Tikotzky posted an update on Wednesday, November 6, on Apple-Tracker disclosing that he decided to shut the site after he received the DMCA notice for the takedown from Apple.
Tikotzky has decided to shut down the site as he does not wish to be embroiled in a legal battle with Apple.
"I've decided to turn off the site. I'm not doing this because I want to, but rather because I received a DMCA takedown notice (you can see the full text below) from Apple. I'm not really interested in picking a fight with apple so..... I guess it time to just say good bye," wrote Tikotzky. "Before I go I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for the nice comments and emails that you've sent in the last few days. It was fun while it lasted."
Tikotzky has posted Apple's takedown notice on Apple-Tracker, which is dated October 17 i.e. weeks before the latest Apple tablet - iPad Air - went on sale.
The law firm Kilpatrick, Townsend and Stockton LLP, sent the notice accusing iPhone-Check of page scraping and collecting data from Apple.com.
"I have a good faith belief that the the Web site identified by URL below is unlawful because, among other things, the page scrapes and collects data from apple.com in violation of the Apple.com Internet Service Terms of Use," reads the law firm's letter.
