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I'm British, and I actually feel quite the opposite. Apple sought to use UK courts to their own ends, and then threw a bitch fit when the ruling didn't go thei
by lutze 14y ago
I'm British, and I actually feel quite the opposite.
Apple sought to use UK courts to their own ends, and then threw a bitch fit when the ruling didn't go their way.
The judge is absolutely right to slap them down. You shouldn't get to pick and choose which court orders to respect, even if you're the richest company in the world. That's hardly the basis for a sound legal system is it?
Frankly, whoever authorised this reaction in the first place is a disrespectful idiot. They treated the UK like a fucking banana republic, and got reamed accordingly.
- jarcoal 14y agoNot disagreeing that the judge should punish them for non-compliance, just arguing the initial punishment was inefficient (despite that fact that it might be satisfying).
- flatline3 14y agoThe judicial system shouldn't be able to force you to say anything you don't believe in, to your own customers, with no means of telling your side of the story. Self determination is a sacrosanct right, and this punishment crosses the line.
- codeulike 14y agoThey werent forced to 'say' anything, it was more the equivalent of a dodgy restaurant being made to put up a poster or a leaflet in a shop window informing customers that they only got a C on their hygiene inspection
- keithpeter 14y agoUK resident: no, there is no 'sacrosanct right' here at all. If a company chooses to take legal action in the UK, then they have to comply with what the court decides. If they don't, there will be consequences.
- pfortuny 14y agoA company does not self-determine itself.