RSSApple Puts Hold on Web Site Subpoenas
By Nate Mook | Published February 16, 2005, 7:30 PM
Apple has agreed to put a hold on subpoenas issued to Mac enthusiast Web sites until a judge hears arguments from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF is asking the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in California to proactively block Apple's requests for information on individuals that leaked company "trade secrets."
Apple's "John Doe" lawsuit has targeted Web sites to discover who tipped off the press about an upcoming FireWire-based interface for GarageBand, code-named Asteroid. The suit has sparked an outcry across the Internet from many who feel journalists should not be forced to reveal their sources, and has prompted the EFF to offer legal counsel.
And we all know this thats why no one is saying anything. You should see some other sites that posted this article before. So many people were pissed at Apple Computers.
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|If this was Microsoft, this thread would be full of comments.
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|Amen to that... wheres all the bashers now? It all just Anti-MS bias.
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|What a miserable little two-bit company. Apple has always whined luodly in the courts from the day it tried to sue Lotus and Borland for Look And Feel to the lawsuit against MS, again for Look And Feel. And of course they've always been so jealously protective of their "innovations" and ironclad control over their products (whether or not those innovations were actually Apple's was quite irrelevant as far as tbey were concerned).
So now that we've had the history lesson, let's hard cut to today.
In an era where the rights of individuals are regularly trampled by big business (the RIAA and MPAA with their lobbies - translation: payola to the US inJustice System), Apple is Right At Home. In typical fashion, they want to break a long-standing tradition and right of journalists to protect their sources. What could be more natural for them?
Let's see what Blind And Paid Justice does with this one (grabs the bag of popcorn).
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