“In a decision that could reshape how books are sold on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that Apple conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books in violation of antitrust law, and called for a trial on damages. The decision by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan is a victory for the U.S. government and various states, which the judge said are entitled to injunctive relief.” Yet another ruling confirming that virtually all technology companies are criminals. But don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with how companies are run and the immense power they have, no sirree!
When it’s not related or inconsistent with my world view it’s just news. When it reinforces it, it’s proof that those who disagree with me are idiots who are blind to evidence. Kill the straw man!
Or it is this little thing in journalism called – an editorial. These have been around for quite some time and involve the facts of a particular news worthy situation and then an editor(you know like Thom) makes a comment or two about it.
Back on topic, this ruling was as it should be given Apple’s bullshit with e-books. Glad to see them lose this one big time.
…OSAlert not OSeditorials?
also include editorials?
If Thom wants to do an editorial, then by all means, go for it. However an editorial requires that something be journalism. Thom does do some long write ups, and some reactions to news stories. However any post that could fit on twitter doesn’t really qualify as an ‘editorial’ in my opinion, and so when such a short post is snarky, it will and should be met in kind.
Eh, Thom turned this site into his personal/political blog a long time ago. Fortunately, he’s actually shown a bit of restraint and mellowed out some over time.
I really have to say that such an extreme hyperbole only serves to make you look silly, not to actually further your agenda at all.
1) Does “technology companies” include software houses? Small-time shops that only build custom computers and repair them? Various small-time retailers? Does this definition of yours also include Indie – devs, then?
2) Where do you get the figure for “virtually all?” “Virtually all” would be like 90% or more of all such companies, but alas, I doubt you have even heard of even 20% of all such companies, so where does this figure come from?
3) Criminal? I know many companies do short-sighted, anti-customer moves and mistakes, but many of these do not fall under any criminal laws. Besides, would e.g. a mistake — an unintended consequence or action — that then fell under criminal laws render this company inherently criminal within your definition?
class Corporation
{
virtual bool is_evil() {return true;}
private:
int64_t offshore_account_balance;
friend class CEO;
friend class Banker;
};
class NonProfit : public Corporation
{
virtual bool is_evil() override {return false;}
};
class ReligiousNonProfit : public NonProfit
{
virtual bool is_evil() override {return true;}
private:
friend class ChildMolester;
friend class Jesus;
};
Edited 2013-07-11 02:15 UTC
Life begins at incorporation.
People are misunderstanding Hyperbolic functions. Perhaps it’s a Sin of our times.
So are we going to start referring to them as “Convicted Colluder Apple” for a decade like with Microsoft?
Yes, but for brevity we are going to shorten it to Apple.