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This sounds like an Apple's lawyer take on what happened. Lipnik could have easily given the phone to Ramacciotti all on his own accord.
It sounds like Lipnik is the actual leaker and party at fault here. Presumably, he signed a confidentiality agreement with Apple - and then broke that agreement. Case closed.

The other parties, presumably, haven’t signed agreements with Apple - so there’s no agreement to break. Which means the basis for going after the others must be that Apple believes they broke some general law (e.g. they broke in and stole information). But if someone leaves their door wide open, then is it really breaking in? How intrusive was the break in? Did the accused take photos from a distance through the wide-open door (ostensibly just republishing what is already public) or did they walk through the door into the house and rummage around?

Sounds like this is going to be an interesting case to follow.
 
Lock him up! He's really stupid! You don't ignore court dates. But I guess you can’t fix stupid. 😂 He leaked the software like a man, so handle the court case like a man!
Surely it’s not a criminal case so no lock him up could happen. But a hefty judgment in Apple’s favor would suck for Prosser but then he could just file bankruptcy and it would be pointless to go after more. And Prosser could just sell the YT channel and website to a shell company for $1 and would be untouchable if offshore.
 
Surely it’s not a criminal case so no lock him up could happen. But a hefty judgment in Apple’s favor would suck for Prosser but then he could just file bankruptcy and it would be pointless to go after more. And Prosser could just sell the YT channel and website to a shell company for $1 and would be untouchable if offshore.

Bankruptcy judges aren't that stupid.
 
No one has the right to steal and publicly reveal a company's confidential projects while living off of the attention gained from it. Especially while being so obnoxious and repulsive about it.
 
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So is Prosser hoping by ignoring it it might go away like a debt collector? He deserves to have the book thrown at him then. FAFO.
He’s probably saying “Surely they can’t be serious”, and Apple’s lawyers are saying “Don’t call us ‘Shirley’”, and Shirley is saying “Why would I call you?”.
 
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