Teen reporter pays price for Apple coverage

[Ioman]

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/03/14/teen_reporter_pays_price_for_apple_coverage/

Worth a read

Think Secret is also caught up in an Apple lawsuit against the actual leakers. Apple is trying to subpoena the site's e-mail provider, in an effort to identify them. Apple's on firmer ground here, because contrary to popular myth, there's no First Amendment right of journalists to conceal the names of sources who may have broken the law. So it's no surprise that on Friday, a California state judge approved Apple's subpoena.

[Ioman]

Another good quote:

Maybe Apple has forgotten how much of its extraordinary rebirth is due to fans like Ciarelli, loyalists whose Apple-centric websites are probably worth millions in free advertising every year. Or maybe Apple is counting on that loyalty, convinced that its customers will tolerate any amount of highhanded bullying from the world's coolest computer company.

[dang]

i still think apple's making a huge mistake going after fan sites like this. They posted the rumor, what, a week or two in advance of apple announcing it. It generates more buzz for apple. I would think a company would love a lot of buzz about what they are doing.

[spankers]

An addendum to the "1984" Mac superbowl commercial... "Linux, for the rest of us". ;)
...or insert your favorite BSD instead.

It would be sad to have to lump Apple in with other litigious companies like SCO. This is VERY bad PR for Apple!