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Originally Posted by pwalker8
What on earth are you talking about? Apple agreed to the monitoring? Heck, they announced that they were going to appeal the decision right off the bat. I see nothing that indicates that they agreed to the monitoring. They had no choice in the matter. Everything I see says they disagreed with the monitoring. Do you have a link?
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It doesn't really matter if they accepted a plea bargain on the punishment phase or not (what I have heard is that they did - but I haven't tracked down the those details). Monitoring is within the scope of the punishments that the judge could prescribe, punishment was agreed to be the judge's duty. There was no stay on the sentence (which often happens pending appeal, but does not have to happen).
So what's the beef? Both parties waived a jury trial, which might have led to truly enormous penalties. Apple doesn't like the verdict or the punishment? They can (and are) appealing. But until the appeal is decided, Apple is legally bound to follow the punishment prescribed. So is anybody else under US law. Despite Job's "reality distortion field" Apple is no different that any other being under US law. They are not above it, no matter how much they think so...