[editor-surveyor]

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F___ Apple!
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[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

F___ Apple!

Ummmm..., that's the "police" who got invovled, because they noticed a violation of California law, being published in a public article... doncha know....

If you want to do a crime... ummmm...., just don't publish it in some big public article, doncha know ... LOL ...

I've heard of police arresting people after talking on TV shows, too... talking about their crimes ... :-)

[mowowie]

Following Apple like being a Soap Opera fan.
Apple is big on drama.
So are their fans.

I’ll pass.

Why do i read these threads then?
The entertainment.
Keeps me from watching soap operas.

[PA Engineer]

I'm going to have to take exception to you on this one. This was an act of Theft by Conversion and a very serious offense. There are no "free speech" issues here. There may be other serious charges involved, but this was the first that came to mind.

conversion n. a civil wrong (tort) in which one converts another's property to his/her own use, which is a fancy way of saying "steals." Conversion includes treating another's goods as one's own, holding onto such property which accidentally comes into the convertor's (taker's) hands, or purposely giving the impression the assets belong to him/her. This gives the true owner the right to sue for his/her own property or the value and loss of use of it, as well as going to law enforcement authorities since conversion usually includes the crime of theft.

Years ago when I was beginning my engineering career I was involved in something similar. We had installed monitoring equipment on a utility ROW. The following morning the (very expensive) instruments were gone. The landowner took exception to them being left on "his" property. The Sheriff had a totally different take on it. They were hand delivered back to us with an apology. We did not press charges, however the authorities had advised us to.