I tell you, you know the U.K courts are screwed when they require you to use Arial. Talk about having zero taste.
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(edit: Looks like someone beat me to it!)
I tell you, you know the U.K courts are screwed when they require you to use Arial. Talk about having zero taste.
How long will it take the first fanboy to come up with some absurd pretend technical reason why Apple can't change the text in an hour? Poor apple, they think they can bend the reality of anyone who has ever published any text on the web, or edited a post. Or used a word processor. This is insane.
How long will it take the first fanboy to come up with some absurd pretend technical reason why Apple can't change the text in an hour? Poor apple, they think they can bend the reality of anyone who has ever published any text on the web, or edited a post. Or used a word processor. This is insane.
They made a public statement that undermined the court's decision so the punishment fits the crime (another public statement).I'm no big fan of Apple on this one - but didn't public humiliation as a penalty go out the door some century or so ago.
If Apple did wrong - they pay up, if they didn't do wrong - they don't.
Anyone that looks at that newspaper page won't even read it because its just a load of text & looks like the standard bunch of terms and conditions that you find at the bottom of an ad that no one reads.
That was the whole point of the judgement.Apple should sue the judge now for 'forcing Apple to damage their reputation' or some such nonsense.
How long will it take the first fanboy to come up with some absurd pretend technical reason why Apple can't change the text in an hour? Poor apple, they think they can bend the reality of anyone who has ever published any text on the web, or edited a post. Or used a word processor. This is insane.
This the part that irks me. It seem lost on the judge that the public could misinterpret this as admission of "wrongdoing" on part of Apple. I'm surprised Apple's lawyers didn't bring this up.
Well, it too late now unless they appeal again. But given that Apple didn't appeal immediately probably means they aren't interested in doing so.
Great point. It is plausible that Apple may be taking the "just let this go away" approach so they can get back to money-making this time.
But the legal precedent set by this judge NEEDS to be fought, ASAP. Their mandate seems a bit scary to me.
BS.It's not technical, but if Apple is anything like other large companies I worked for, I can believe the two weeks. Has more to do with the paperwork required and yes you can rush things, but people will still drag their feet.
If I was Apple, I would close the UK web and retail stores. The amount of jobs lost would piss off a lot of people and the government.
Great point. It is plausible that Apple may be taking the "just let this go away" approach so they can get back to money-making this time.
But the legal precedent set by this judge NEEDS to be fought, ASAP. Their mandate seems a bit scary to me.
How long will it take the first fanboy to come up with some absurd pretend technical reason why Apple can't change the text in an hour? Poor apple, they think they can bend the reality of anyone who has ever published any text on the web, or edited a post. Or used a word processor. This is insane.
It is quite astonishing how often people on this forum resort to threats that wouldn't be out of place coming from the mouth of a tyrant.If I was Apple, I would close the UK web and retail stores. The amount of jobs lost would piss off a lot of people and the government.
What's scary and what needs to be fought? The fact that Apple lost?
Apple sued Samsung and lost. Apple appealed. Between the original judgement and the appeal Apple's PR carried on making the claims they had already lost on. Apple lost at appeal. The judgement is to counter the effect on Samsung of Apple continuing with their claims between the court judgements.
All Apple were told to do was make a statement. They chose to make it is a juvenile way that referenced other cases that had no impact on the case including one German case that was superseded by this one anyway. That's what's upset the three other three judges now.
Great point. It is plausible that Apple may be taking the "just let this go away" approach so they can get back to money-making this time.
But the legal precedent set by this judge NEEDS to be fought, ASAP. Their mandate seems a bit scary to me.
Great point. It is plausible that Apple may be taking the "just let this go away" approach so they can get back to money-making this time.
But the legal precedent set by this judge NEEDS to be fought, ASAP. Their mandate seems a bit scary to me.
If I was Apple, I would close the UK web and retail stores. The amount of jobs lost would piss off a lot of people and the government.
I tell you, you know the U.K courts are screwed when they require you to use Arial. Talk about having zero taste.
Eh? So many of the posts in this thread and the last one make no sense to me.
What legal precedent? Why does it need to be fought? What is scary?