Apple ruling strikes blow to online journalism
A US judge yesterday ordered three independent online reporters
to divulge confidential sources in a lawsuit brought by Apple
Computer Inc, ruling that they were not protected by the First
Amendment because they published trade secrets.
The ruling alarmed speech advocates, who saw the case as a test
of whether people who write for web publications enjoy the same
legal protections as reporters for mainstream publications. Among
those are protections afforded under California’s “shield” law,
which is meant to encourage the publication of information in the
public’s interest.
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