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You see plenty of masks of famous-people's likeness in fancy dress/joke shops. I can't imagine that Michael Jackson and Dubya were asked kindly for their permission on those items.
Apple can ban people from reading about open platforms on their closed platform, but it won't do anything to improve their public image. Knowledge is power, and Apple's corporate culture seems to run directly against that of the contemporary internet, which creates equality of information.
If people are allowed to see what they can do on other operating systems and what Apple's hardware is actually worth, they'll be able to make an informed decision on what represents the most rational buy. Let's be charitable and say that people tend to follow their heart rather than their head when buying - most - Apple products (for the time being, the iPad may remain at least partly an exception to this rule, with the lack of direct competitors).
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