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It's not every day that you see a major tech company being called a "jealous and arbitrary feudal lord." Today, Apple holds that distinction.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit digital rights advocacy group, has started a very public fight against Apple's notoriously controlling ways. The organization obtained a copy of Apple's license agreement for iPhone app developers -- a document that, by the EFF's description, is carefully guarded from ever entering public view.

Knowing Apple's history of control -- the company's methods are sometimes satirically compared to those of a communist regime, after all -- the details of the developer agreement aren't entirely surprising. But seeing such strong remarks from a highly regarded rights organization is certainly something that grabs your attention.