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Newspapers Back Apple Bloggers

Posted by Zonk on from the friends-in-high-places dept.

puke76 writes "Remember the bloggers being sued by Apple? Well now they've attracted the attention and support of some major newspapers. There's a story over at BBC. The newspapers are arguing that journalism sources should be protected. Can we blog without legal repercussions?" From the article: "Recent corporate scandals involving WorldCom, Enron and the tobacco industry all undoubtedly involved the reporting of information that the companies involved would have preferred to remain unknown to the public..."

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  1. First Sign that Blogging is Dead by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Funny

    and that everyone interesting has already moved on, is when the popular media backs you doing it.

    Just like when grunge died.

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  2. Re:Public Interest? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Guess what, free speech isnt all that free. It costs, a lot

    When people talk about "free speech" they mean free as in software, not free as in beer.

  3. Re:Consider the company that Apple keeps. by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Place yourself in Apple's shoes for a money.

    Freudian slip?

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