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iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the everybody-hates-the-big-guy dept.

LawWatcher writes "On October 1, 2008, a federal judge in California upheld a class action claiming that Apple and AT&T Mobility's five-year exclusive voice and data service provider agreement for the iPhone violates the anti-monopoly provisions of the antitrust laws. The court also ruled that Apple may have violated federal and California criminal computer fraud and abuse statutes by releasing version 1.1.1 of its iPhone operating software when Apple knew that doing so would damage or destroy some iPhones that had been 'unlocked' to enable use of a carrier other than AT&T."

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  1. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What about Sony and Xbox, who release software updates that brick hacked consoles? Doesn't this ruling suggest that Sony and Xbox's behavior is also illegal?

  2. MOD PARENT UP by db32 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    None of the other comments thus far seem to touch on this.

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  3. Re:No one deserves this more than Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks, you ignored OP's question and went on some diatribe that none of us particularly wanted to read.

  4. Re:No one deserves this more than Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So why isn't anyone sueing Sony and T-mobile for their exclusive Sony Ericsson TM506 deal? Or the G1? Same 2 year contract.