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EFF Joins Fight Against Apple Lawsuit

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the free-to-say-whatever-they-allow dept.

sutterpants writes "The BBC is carrying a story on the legal battle between Apple and free press advocates. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has joined in the fight to protect journalists from revealing their sources. Which carries more weight: the right of Apple to protect their trade secrets or the rights of journalists to protect their sources?"

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  1. Re:UTSA and other considerations by Short+Circuit · · Score: 0, Troll

    When that "third party" is the Press, then the 1st Ammendment applies. Regardless of the nature of the organization whose confidentiality was breeched.

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  2. I'll go with the bloggers/site owners by Selecter · · Score: 0, Troll
    I love Apple. They innovate and do things that the PC industry really needs to be done, but they remind me of the RIAA going after these people who simply report on what they are told.

    I think Apple would actually be better off having a few selected bitches, the secrecy is self defeating when applied across the board. There's a line that can be used by savvy marketeers between pimpin and paranoia.

  3. Re:UTSA and other considerations by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 0, Troll

    wow... your dumb.

    try reading over his post again because everything you spewed is exactly what he was arguing against.

    all you did was retell the same argument... sorry but that a rebuttal does not make.

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  4. Re:UTSA and other considerations by garcia · · Score: 0, Troll

    One problem - the journalist, at the same time, is knowingly accepting information they know to be protected by an NDA, and that makes the actual act illegal.

    The fact that this has become a legal issue should be illegal. The lawmakers created this law to protect corporations because they were paid to do so through quasi-legal channels.

    You should know better than to support corruption.

  5. Too dangerous - Slippery Slope by brunes69 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ok then, define "trade Secret". Google says it is "A device, method or formula that gives one an advantage over the competition and which must therefore be kept secret if it is to be of special value."

    If I am running an offshore oil company, and the way I keep my prices so low is that I maintain totally inadequate saftey percautions for my ocean liners, isn't that a trade secret? So, the media should not be allowed to report that?

    See what a slippery slope this is NOW?