ThinkSecret gets legal aid to counter Apple’s threat

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January 21st, 2005 Leave a comment Visited 54 times, 1 so far today

ThinkSecret gets legal aid to counter Apple’s threat

Apple was highly criticized by the media when they sued a small tech website (ThinkSecret.com) claiming that they broke law by releasing trade secrets. The website released information regarding the then upcoming Apple products, which are now publicly available in the form of Mac Mini, iPod Shuffle and iWork ‘05 suite.

The young admin of the website Nick dePlume aka Nicholas M. Ciarelli reported earlier that he was unable to afford legal council for his fight against the Macintosh maker. Fortunately the latest news now in is that they have the services of Terry Gross, a specialist in Internet law and formerly the first counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The legal council for ThinkSecret.com plans to petition the court to dismiss the case on the basis of no merit and that it threatens the first amendment. The site claims that the information they published was gathered through legitimate sources and they broke no laws in that. Supreme Court of United States has already ruled that journalists who obtain the information legitimately cannot be held liable for it.

Nick dePlume said this about the new development: “Apple’s attempt to silence a small publication’s news reporting presents a troubling affront to the protections of the First Amendment. I’m grateful that Mr. Gross has stepped forward to help defend these crucial freedoms.”


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  1. #
    Nicholas Hanna
    January 21st, 2005 at 4:47 pm

    1. Millions of people read the rumour. It got them EXCITED.
    2. It turned out to be mostly true.
    3. The expectancy created was perfect publicity.
    4. Apple should give the guy a job, not sue him.

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  2. #
    Sushubh
    January 21st, 2005 at 5:03 pm

    rightly said. they should be happy on receiving free publicity. it is what keeping them alive. people love macs. and if they are sued for that, mac would lost the edge they have over microsoft.

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  3. #
    Adolfh
    January 21st, 2005 at 6:34 pm

    WHAT EDGE DOES APPLE HAVE OVER MICROSOFT – LOL – WAKE UP PEOPLE – MACS are < 1% of the MARKET

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  4. #
    maci sampson
    January 21st, 2005 at 6:36 pm

    First Amendment Rules

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  5. #
    Sushubh
    January 21st, 2005 at 6:56 pm

    @Adolfh: People love macs. People adore iPod. How many people love their Windows XP or Windows Hardware?

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