Apple Ordered to Pay Blogger Legal Fees

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 31, 2007 @07:07AM from the bruising-the-bottom-line dept.

inetsee writes "Apple has been ordered to pay legal fees for two web sites that reported on an in-development Apple project code named 'Asteroid'. According to the article on WebProNews, Apple was ordered by a Santa Clara County court to pay almost $700,000 in legal reimbursement to AppleInsider and PowerPage after the court agreed with the Electronic Frontier Foundation legal team that the web sites 'qualified as legitimate online news sites' engaging in trade journalism. Apple had claimed that it had a right to protect its trade secrets, but the EFF successfully argued that 'Subpoenaing journalist sources is not an acceptable means of discovery.'"

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Re:The fees... by sokoban · 2007-01-31 07:34 · Score: 5, Funny

700k...

Isn't that what an iPhone is going for these days? Seriously, $640k should be enough for anybody.

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Re:Who said they were a Good Guy(TM) by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-31 08:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Ironically, it's that loose control over the PC that's allowed it to gain the nasty reputation for the Wild West that is has now and that Apple capitalizes on with its newer commercials.

I think this is the first time I've seen "loose" be used correctly on slashdot! Congratulations!
Re:Parent comment "Wrong", not "Insightful" by RxScram · 2007-01-31 08:31 · Score: 3, Funny

...and some have gone to jail for ... hundreds of years. Wow! Those are some OLD journalists... gives a whole new meaning to life in prison.