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[QUADICON]

HAHA. What they did was wrong. An Apple employee has no right to search your house even if accompanied by cops. The cops are the only ones who can and they much have a warrant.

But at least this guy was smart enough to hire a lawyer right after and go after their butts.

If the other guy who did find the iPhone was equally as smarty, he would have done the same. Apple needs to stop hurting other people with these foolish stunts. This one backfired on them and someone is about or already has gotten paid.

You invaded provacy, you made a false accusation with no factual evidence, 2 employees claimed they were someone they were not. They should have been arrested for climing they were police officers when they were not. They should have both been charged with felony crimes. First being, "Impersonating and Officer".

Likely the guy dropped any charges pending Apple pays him royally. By started bid would have been $10M and anything less not only do I blow you up to every news agency in town and in this country, but I also have those in question jailed and you still going to get sued for even more. The bad publicity would have cost Apple at leats that much in possible sales and the accompanying lawsuit would have landed me 1/2 that much. I woudln't have settled out. These company's who abuse their power should be penalized.

He had Apple dead to rights on this one...Of course it magically disappeared. It was MONEY involved.

This post has been edited by QUADICON: 06 April 2012 - 08:26 AM

[TheOldTopkick]

You have discounted all that free advertising that Apple got, including this article.

[riffdexyutk]

QUADICON, on 06 April 2012 - 08:22 AM, said:

HAHA. What they did was wrong. An Apple employee has no right to search your house even if accompanied by cops. The cops are the only ones who can and they much have a warrant.

But at least this guy was smart enough to hire a lawyer right after and go after their butts.

If the other guy who did find the iPhone was equally as smarty, he would have done the same. Apple needs to stop hurting other people with these foolish stunts. This one backfired on them and someone is about or already has gotten paid.

You invaded provacy, you made a false accusation with no factual evidence, 2 employees claimed they were someone they were not. They should have been arrested for climing they were police officers when they were not. They should have both been charged with felony crimes. First being, "Impersonating and Officer".

Likely the guy dropped any charges pending Apple pays him royally. By started bid would have been $10M and anything less not only do I blow you up to every news agency in town and in this country, but I also have those in question jailed and you still going to get sued for even more. The bad publicity would have cost Apple at leats that much in possible sales and the accompanying lawsuit would have landed me 1/2 that much. I woudln't have settled out. These company's who abuse their power should be penalized.

He had Apple dead to rights on this one...Of course it magically disappeared. It was MONEY involved.

Apple is not responsible for the actions of a few independently acting, "rogue" employees. Apple management did not tell these employees to break the law, they simply chose to do it on their own. It was not these employees' job duties to do this, and Apple cannot be held responsible. However, Apple's legal department smartly decided to end the controversy before it got to court.

The decision to pursue a civil case against these Apple employees is completely up to the man whose privacy and rights were violated. If he has reached an agreement with Apple to not sue, that is completely fine. Someone who is wronged has no obligation to sue if he decides not to.

As for the felony charges, I agree with you. Impersonating a police officer is a serious offence and should be treated as such. It is not up to the wronged individual to "decide" if they should be prosecuted for impersonating a police officer or not. It is a criminal offence. However, feasibly, you need witnesses and evidence to prosecute someone. If the sole witness decides not to testify against these employees, will they ever get felony charges? Who knows. Either way, the idea that someone can, on their own accord, go and commit a crime, and their COMPANY (which did not tell them to do this) be held responsible is ridiculous.

[davethecomputerman]

Really? I disagree. If they were Apple employees, acting on Apples' behalf, Apple is responsible. Even if Apple did not know about it, they are employees and they do represent Apple. If they did something illegal, the employees also would be responsible for their actions. If they were "rogue employees" we all know that they would have been fired on the spot and charged by police. There is no way around that. A crime was committed. The whole world knows about it.

Sorry, but the Company is responsible for their employees. At best, you can use a manager as a scapegoat, but the Company is still responsible.

[lithium451]

Hey Apple! I have a missing iPhone 5 prototype. Please try to take it from me!