Quote:
Originally Posted by John F
If these were "rouge" employees that broke the law, then Apple should have argued that.
|
But they weren't rogue. For that reason, even if still with the company years from now when appeals are complete, Apple will not discipline them.
Quote:
Originally Posted by John F
Are you really saying that Apple should be saying "Well, the main conspirators are no longer with the company. Can we go now?"
|
I didn't say that, so it should not be in quotation marks. Back in
#236, the post you are commenting upon, I offered Apple no advice. The company has hired far better legal advisers than me.
Quote:
Originally Posted by John F
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
|
It's not a criminal matter, and there is no "you" who can possibly do time, or even be fined. No one is going to be punished except, slightly, Apple stockholders.
To personalize it, I involuntarily own thousands of dollars of Apple stock through a pension plan I have contributed to since 1982. Why should I, who couldn't have possibly had anything to do with the conspiracy, have to pay even a dime to people who voluntarily bought a book at a price they knew up front? What about co-founder Steve Wozniak, Apple's Mr. Nice Guy? I'll bet he has hundreds of times more Apple stock than me, and also has nothing to do with it.
If anyone is a victim of high eBook prices, it is the lower middle class taxpayer who can't afford to buy eBooks, but is forced, through taxes, to pay the sky-high eBook prices charged public libraries.