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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
. . . she didn't say before the trial that she thought that Apple was guilty.
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In late May, about two weeks before trial, Cote said the following:
"I believe that the government will be able to show at trial direct evidence that Apple knowingly participated in and facilitated a conspiracy to raise prices of e-books, and that the circumstantial evidence in this case, including the terms of the agreements, will confirm that."
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So she did think that Apple was guilty, and thought the trial would confirm her preconception. Not surprisingly, it did.
My personal view of the litigation is that to have the government give a publisher a legal monopoly, which is precisely what copyright is, and then go after them for being a monopolist, is absurd.