The MPAA once again sued on irrational claims and their claim got rejected, of course.
We shouldn't talk about it or make articles about it on Slashdot. It should have been rejected silently. The more we talk about it, the more their claim becomes normal. The MPAA is taken more and more seriously, which is scary. It doesn't deserve all that publicity. Their plea should be ignored like the random pleas from mad people that happen all the time.
(1) You obviously didn't understand what I wrote. Your language is not understandable because it contains non-english and barbaric terms. Jus civile and Jus gentium are latin terms that you would use as a lawyer, I suppose. We are not in a court room and the term "precedent" does indeed apply. It shows the reader of the article that there is a pattern that is repeating itself. It doesn't matter to the court room but it does matter to the readers of the article.
(2) So that's a 2 year legal warranty. Apple does not make it clear what is covered for free (legal guarantee) and what is covered for the money you pay (commercial guarantee). The customers are mislead because they are not lawyers and they don't know what is legal and should come free with any device. Apple is using this ignorance to its advantage, which is wrong and probably not legal.
Freedom is a relative term. There is no absolute freedom. Your freedom stops where the one of others begin. You can have freedom OF religion or freedom FROM religion but you cannot have both. You can have the Freedom to smoke in pubs or the freedom from smoke in pubs. You can be free to kill the one who walks on your garden or be free to walk or any garden. And you can be free to put any restriction on software or have the freedom to use the software any way you want.
And, there is no Stallman world, he lives in the same world as you and me. And no, everyone do not have to do what Stallman thinks is "ethical". I don't know what makes you think that. What you are doing here is starting from the hypotheses that Stallman is a Tyrant to prove that Stallman is a Tyrant. You are confused about him, that is why you think he is a very confused person. Actually he is not confused at all.
I hope that clears some confusions up.
What good is a ticket to the good life, if you can't find the entrance?