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Three People Sent to Prison in China Over iPad 2 Leaks
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To be fair those are rarely given these days with the implications of morality being thrown into play as well as other developed countries perception on it and whatnot
I find this judgement particularly interesting. I have a client that manufactures parts in China. About 6 or 7 years ago, a few of the employees that worked for the manufacturing plant left and began selling their own parts based on my clients designs/IP. My client spent 5 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on a lawsuit. They had to sue them here in the US because the Chinese judicial system would not recognize that anything was done wrong. I guess a)Apple's deep pockets caused this to happen and/or b)China is starting to realize that IP is worth something.
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Completely agree. It's time for Apple to "Think Different". How about manufacturing in the Western Hemisphere?
Completely agree. It's time for Apple to "Think Different". How about manufacturing in the Western Hemisphere?
WOW.
If you think eighteen months in prison AND a fine that is ridiculously high when compared with the average Chinese income is proportionate to the crime of leaking pictures. What do you think should happen to burglars and car jackers?
That attitude doesn't surprise me in the very least. I work nights and sometimes watch daytime tv. The lawyer personal injury lawyer commercials flood the airwaves.
You mean something like American cars?
Who would bail Apple out? The US Government (Tax Payer), or Fiat?
I highly doubt Apple had any involvement. It's Chinese law you're dealing with and their rules. Foxcon probably takes their NDA's very seriously. You can't blame them... if they were known for product leaks, they would loose Apple and many other customers.
It wouldn't be as low as $50, not on something like an iPhone/iPad. The big problem is mass production.
If, say, at least a third of your users would pay an extra $50 then it would make sense; you could have a big enough, efficient enough factory that the extra labor costs might not be so bad.
The problem is that nowhere near a third of people are going to pay the extra $50. Maybe 10% would pay $50, and at that point the extra production facility is too small, and less efficient. So for 10% of your users, maybe instead of costing an extra $50, it's an extra $100.
But those 10% aren't all willing to pay $100... so you'd need a still-smaller factory, and the cost would be still worse. Eventually you're talking about a scenario where a few hundred users would need to be willing to pay $100,000 each to make it work out.
People do realize that you can go to jail here too if you're caught in industrial theft?
Why do you think this is just a China thing? Go ahead... sell some company secrets and see what happens when you get caught.
Ever heard of whole foods? They are decidedly far more expensive than your typical grocery store, yet there is a market for them and they seem to be doing rather well. Why?
Wow, that's sad. It's a freaking Ipad an electronic device for crying out loud. I would hate to know what happens to you for a really serious crime.
Because Whole Foods is where single people go on Friday nights to pickup some arugala and a friend for the evening.
If you're not into finding alcohol-fueled pickups, Whole Foods is the best thing going.
"I'll go ask the cutie looking at peppers if he can tell me the difference between serrano and habaneros - he's hot, I'll ask about hot peppers!"
Honestly I think that's an excuse as I'm sure he knows his profit margins would be lower... but if that's what he said, that's what he said.
Maybe the penalties (prison) are too stiff, but these people knowingly broke the law, and were directly profiting from it. That amounts to theft and releasing early specs on products can have huge implications of billions of dollars for investors and competitors. Sorry, I'm not going to feel too bad for them. You don't want trouble? Here's an idea: honor the contracts you signed and DON'T BREAK THE LAW. It's not that difficult.
There are billions of dollars at stake here. On top of that these individuals are thieves. What would you like to happen to thieves?
Do you have an examples of this? Keep in mind with the death penalty very few are executed and these people are typically on death row for 10's of years before it happens... so an argument of swiftly executing people and not having proper representation IMO is not a very good argument as those executed have had several defenders before the time comes. I for one believe in the dealth penalty, but only under the very MOST extreme crimes, such as serial killers and such.
The US as a country still has the death penalty for federal offenses. Timothy McVeigh was executed under federal jurisdiction.