It seems that Apple has been granted the right to search and destroy the sources of ThinkSecret’s information… and correct me if I’m wrong, but the case against ThinkSecret itself is different – Apple filed a separate suit against ThinkSecret alleging that they induced Apple employees to steal trade secrets. Dunno about you, but to me, thats just a convenient, valid legal excuse to sue the publisher.
Two of my favorite “read lines” with regards to the whole Apple charade.
There’s another old saying in my profession: The mission of journalists is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
A letter to Steve Jobs by Mike Langberg of San Jose Mercury News.
and…
Saying that no one has the right to publish information that could have been provided only by someone breaking the law, judge James Kleinberg ruled that online reporters for Apple Insider and PowerPage must reveal their sources.
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