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Posteritatis

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10. I'd say it was also the font size
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 01:30 PM
Nov 2012

May have been in the wishy-washy statement they posted, but the link was in the usual tiny-print they use at the bottom of a page. You wouldn't know the statement had been posted at all unless you were actively looking for it on a part of a website which most people never even glance at in the first place.

They screwed the wording, of course, but they also tried to conceal it.

Whoever is in charge of Apple Inc needs to enlightenment Nov 2012 #1
Apple is the electronics industry's GOP cui bono Nov 2012 #2
I don't think I would go that far, but some of their actions DO seem "entitled". Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #5
I'm thinking more of their cell phone behavior. There is video of Jobs swearing to destroy Android cui bono Nov 2012 #24
They followed the court ruling and now the court is changing its mind. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #3
Right at the top of the page? .99center Nov 2012 #4
No, right at the top of the page where they put the required text: NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #7
You're right, .99center Nov 2012 #12
Uh, when I saw it they went far out of their way to conceal it Posteritatis Nov 2012 #6
The font size is the size specified by the court: NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #8
The issue isn't the font size. dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #9
I'd say it was also the font size Posteritatis Nov 2012 #10
Yes the issue dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #11
The "tiny print" was the very specific font size ordered by the court. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #13
The court ordered specific text to be included. It was. The judge has now changed his mind. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #14
Not the reference to Germany isn't dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #15
Yes and the text says clearly: "That Judgment has effect throughout the European Union" NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #16
"Indeed, it was inaccurate near to the point of being misleading." cui bono Nov 2012 #25
Quoting the same ruling that ordered this "ad" is inaccurate? NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #26
I thought that was the response to that ad. Either way... cui bono Nov 2012 #28
They carried out a childish order with exactly the seriousness it deserved. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #29
The so-called "childish" order was given in response to a childish suit. cui bono Nov 2012 #30
They did carry out the order properly. The court is now changing its mind after the fact NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #31
One multinational corporation is much like most other multinational corporations. LanternWaste Nov 2012 #17
Wouldn't you agree .99center Nov 2012 #19
To be perfectly honest, I don't have enough legal knowledge to presume LanternWaste Nov 2012 #27
Not Funny, Dated humor, IMO DaveJ Nov 2012 #18
I worked.... sendero Nov 2012 #20
We know, they aren't exactly kind people. DaveJ Nov 2012 #21
i have never bought a apple product argiel1234 Nov 2012 #22
The only purpose of Apple's lawsuits was to stifle competition rachel1 Nov 2012 #23
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