Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Get the message, Apple? Tax Cheating's not iCool - June 6, 2011

Get the message, Apple? Tax Cheating's not iCool - June 6, 2011
San Francisco, CA – US Uncut, the grassroots effort pressuring corporate tax cheats to pay their fair share, crashed Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference today, using Apple's own technology to expose the company's systematic tax dodging. As more t...han 5,000 attendees streamed into San Francisco's Moscone Center to hear new Apple product lines announced, they were greeted by what appeared to be an Apple publicity stunt – men and women were sheathed head to toe in a rainbow of Apple-colored spandex body suits emblazoned with a giant QR code <http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fapplevid>(like a barcode for an internet address). However, when attendees used iPhone apps to follow the code on the Internet, instead of an Apple product announcement, a new music video appeared<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbJLq5skvNg>, “*Apple: Tax Cheating Doesn’t Sync with My Values*.” ( www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gbJLq5skvNg) Stay tuned for upcoming video from the WWDC action! See More
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