Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Apr 2006 22:07 UTC
Apple Computer faced tough questioning Thursday in its bid to gain access to electronic records of Mac enthusiast sites that published leaked details of an unreleased product. Although a lower court ruled last year that Apple should be able to gain access to electronic records of the enthusiast sites, a three-judge appeals panel in the State of California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, peppered Apple's lawyer with questions. The judges wanted to know whether the information at issue represented a genuine trade secret as well as whether journalists' right to protect their sources outweigh Apple's right to protect its trade secrets.
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2005-07-06
Thats like blaming the house owner for getting robbed, if only he had been careful, or that it was the mini skirt that made me do it, a line was crossed when these websites published information of unreleased products they should be responsible enough to accept the consequences. The websites or magazines that publish trade secrets of other companies would not appreciate their won internal secrets being revealed to the world. The point of having a secret plan is having the plan secret. Websites should stop behaving like spy agents from the enemy camp and concentrate on reporting new and not being news.