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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
That pretty much goes for anywhere, I was just, naively I suppose, under the impression that you could stand up to corporations more strongly in the US than in many other places.
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We can.
But they get to fight back and they usually have the better lawyers.
The good guys don't always win big.
And judges are lawyers too, not economists or engineers or doctors. What seems perfectly reasonable to a judge doesn't always match reality.
In this case, Judge Cote is a veteran of these kinds of disputes so there is some hope she'll impose penalties with some bite, unlike the EU's "naughty, naughty... don't do it again" "penalty".
For example, I'd like for her to remember that Apple's success came at the expense of other, non-Amazon, retailers like Books on Board and B&N's Fictionwise. Some reparations are due those folks.
They can sue, but since Apple has infinite litigation funds it is no sure thing.