Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages
by gpm on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:12PM
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> I don't see how.
I suggest you read up on this dispute then, because the whole cause of this dispute is that Epic believes the contract violates anti-trust law.
Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages
by kevingadd on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:11PM
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What physical property of Apple's is involved here? There's intellectual property, but at the end of the day the purpose of their Intellectual Property Rights in this scenario is to ensure that after paying them $1000 for a phone they still get to collect 30% of all the purchases you make using that phone in perpetuity (as long as they can get away with it), while also limiting what you can do with your Physical Property that you paid for.
I suppose if you don't like it you can go buy an Android phone and just give away all your data in addition to the 30%.
Also worth considering: How much of Apple's intellectual property here could exist without them harvesting decades of free/open software development history unpaid? And now they're complaining that someone used their SDK after paying the license fees?
A contract may not be enforceable, but only if it contradicts the law. In this instance, I don't see how.