Apple vinder over Samsung
De fleste har ganske sikkert fulgt med i den kontroversielle retsag mellem Samsung og Apple. Samsung skal nu betale Apple mere end en milliard dollar (seks milliarder kroner) i erstatning for at have kopieret flere af Apples produkter. Det er blevet besluttet af en domstol i Californien efter at have undersøgt hele 700 klager om patentkrænkelser fra Apple.
Apple havde krævet en næsten tre gange højere erstatning på 2,75 milliarder dollar, da firmaet mente, at blandt andre Samsungs Galaxy-produkter var kopier af Apples produkter så som iPad. Hvilken konsekvens det får for designet af fremtidige Samsung-produkter er endnu uvist.
Man kan diskutere om det er en sejr for firmaer, der ønsker at beskytte deres produkter, eller om det er et tab for den frie konkurrence og måske forbrugerne, og det sker selvfølgelig alle steder på nettet lige nu.
De to giganter har ligeledes hver deres kommentar til sagen, og dem kan du læse herunder.
Apples kommentar:
"Today was an important day for Apple and for innovators everywhere.
Many of you have been closely following the trial against Samsung in San Jose for the past few weeks. We chose legal action very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work. For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It's about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the jury who invested their time in listening to our story. We were thrilled to finally have the opportunity to tell it. The mountain of evidence presented during the trial showed that Samsung's copying went far deeper than we knew.
The jury has now spoken. We applaud them for finding Samsung's behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right.
I am very proud of the work that each of you do.
Today, values have won and I hope the whole world listens.
Tim"
Samsungs kommentar:
"Today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies.
Consumers have the right to choices, and they know what they are buying when they purchase Samsung products. This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple's claims. Samsung will continue to innovate and offer choices for the consumer."
Denne signatur er ikke i tvivl om at det nok skal udløse en sand shitstorm af kommentarer på nettet. Nogle seriøse andre helt hen i vejret.
"Apple er onde og slet ikke så innovative som de gerne vil lade som om - og dyre" eller "Samsung er nogle kopister uden evne til selv at lave godt design" er nok nogle af de mere farvede men forventelige af slagsen.
Vi vil gerne høre jeres mening om sagen, men for lige at lette trykket får I her et af de mest idiotiske udsagn, vi har kunnet grave frem, krydret med en bunke billeder, der nok skal fremprovokere et smil eller to.
Vinderen af den mest tåbelige kommentar tilfalder indtil videre brugeren på Macrumors, CFreymarc, der på magisk vis får blandet atomvåben og patriotiske tåbeligheder ind i sagen, når han skriver følgende:
"This is very good overall and shows the major flaw of all Asian culture -- no creativity! They just try to copy, treat their citizens as serfs and overwhelm competition in volumes. Japan lost when we invented a weapon they could never imagine and we nuked them.
This time it did not come to military action and only civil. I hope Apple buys Samsung outright, fire their exec board and have a few Korean American ex-patriots runs the show over there."
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Den kan næppe toppes. Nyd billederne herunder og lad os høre jeres forhåbentlige mere intelligente kommentarer.
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