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Apple Ordered to Pay Blogger Legal Fees

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. The fees... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    700k...

    Isn't that what an iPhone is going for these days?

  2. You fAIL it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Codebase becam3 of open-source.

  3. thi0s is goatsex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mr. Raymond's That sorded, posts. Thmerefore contributed code

  4. Re:Who said they were a Good Guy(TM) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's a first time for everything.

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    Don't be uptight baby! Loosen up those lovely anus muscles of yours!

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