Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 9th Apr 2006 18:29 UTC
I'm from the Netherlands. That may sound like a weird statement to start a column with-- don't worry, at the end of this week's Sunday Eve Column you'll understand why I put my nationality so bluntly up front.
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RE[2]: I think you have lost it
by meianoite on Mon 10th Apr 2006 00:08
in reply to "RE: I think you have lost it"
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Apple's rights end at the journalist's nose. They have all the rights in the world to pursue people who break their NDAs, but not up to the point on when they are infringing on someone else's right to free speech.
This is up to the courts to decide whether it's a case of freedom of speech or intermediating/facilitating the leakage of trade secrets.
The fact that you are a journalist doesn't make you immune to the laws. You can't publish trade secrets, weapon schematics or drug recipes and expect not to be prosecuted.
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They have no right to publish stuff that was obtained through improper channels.
Just like how news sites have no right to publish information about NSA wiretapping in the United States, which was leaked improperly?
If you are going to post something about a forth coming product to the level of a rumor, it better becoming from a press release or approved interview.
Yes, I'd like to get all my news from press releases and approved interviews.
Yes, we all like to read a rumor, but we have no right to know that info. But a company like apple definitely has a right to find out where it came from so they can take action.
Apple's rights end at the journalist's nose. They have all the rights in the world to pursue people who break their NDAs, but not up to the point on when they are infringing on someone else's right to free speech.
If a site was called "defenseinsider" and got leaked rumors on military hardware from people who broke NDAs, do you think the Government and contractors have no right to track down that person?
People leak info on military hardware all the time. The Pentagon generally doesn't go and sue media establishments because of it.