My guess is they've convinced themselves of their own "anti-Apple righteousness" -- the same tired saga of trying to take down an American capitalist company because it's profitable -- and they figured they didn't have to follow the rules.
Leftists -- I'd bet the rent on it.
Well, I don't know about the attorney's for the now non-existent plaintiffs, but here's some really disturbing information on her dishonor, da judge. It, I think, may explain why she's willing to play fast and loose with the niceties of the rule of law:
Gonzalez Rogerswas appointed to the federal bench by President Obama in mid-2011. Her husband, Matthew Rogers, has served in various positions in the Obama administration, including the president’s transition team and as a top advisor in the Department of Energy (DOE). In fact, Rogers served as the DOE official overseeing Obama’s scandal-plagued green loan program that’s fleeced American taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Remember Solyndra?Judge Gonzalez Rogers also has an interesting résumé that illustrates activism in a number of leftwing causes, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire required of judicial candidates. She was vice president of the California La Raza Lawyers Association, on the board of directors of the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association and served on the board of the La Raza Centro Legal, a community organization dedicated to empowering Latino, immigrant and low-income communities. In 2010 Gonzalez Rogers was awarded judge of the year by the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association, whose mission is “promoting reform in the law.”
I own the music on there but if you lose the hard drive or your computer, you've lost your itunes program and what is on your ipod is there but cannot be edited. The first time I bought a program that would copy from my ipod to my itunes on the new computer. When I went to use it the next time the hard drive went I would have had to buy the third-party software again since it is only a 1 year license. You cannot copy the files from one drive to another since the itunes must be a new install in windows. Not sure if I am making myself clear here, but my ipod content is exactly as it was 2 years ago and cannot be changed unless I buy third party software to do it. So I have a $250 ipod (yes, that is what I paid for it) that does not do what Apple promised it would do.
It's pretty obvious there ARE no real plaintiffs and never were. In this case "counsel" are the real plaintiffs and yes they are idiots.
This is of course true of pretty much all class-action suits. It is just seldom this open.