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I'm not sure that leaving the market will absolve Apple of paying the judgement, so staying in the UK market will help them recoup the cost. Leaving would be un
by gcthomas 5y ago
I'm not sure that leaving the market will absolve Apple of paying the judgement, so staying in the UK market will help them recoup the cost. Leaving would be unlikely to improve their bottom line, so the judge was right - no evidence Apple will leave. This is just posturing, which won't go down well in front of a High Court judge.
- willis936 5y agoWhy would Apple pay the fine?
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoTo avoid their executives going to prison.
- willis936 5y agoTheir executives in the US? Going to trial in the UK, where the company would no longer do business? How does that work, exactly? Has the US ever extradited a white collar criminal?
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoThey have executives in the UK.
- willis936 5y agoWhy would they have executives in a country that they don't do business in?
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoThey do do business in the UK, as you well know.
- willis936 5y agoThey wouldn't if they were fined, as the headline and article clearly state.
- throwawaycities 5y agoExactly, they don’t seem to respect others’ legally enforceable IP, the engage in tax avoidance schemes…why would Apple pay a court ordered judgment for damages? Wait is that not what you meant?
- prepend 5y agoI think the intent would be to avoid paying the fine. Without assets, revenue, or profit the UK wouldn’t have anything to seize to pay the levy. The judgement holder could then attempt to go after Apple in other countries, but I think that would result in a court case about whether that’s possible or not.