Apple Sues Mac Enthusiasts Web-Site

Apple Attacks First Amendment

by Anton Shilov

[ 01/10/2005 | 06:59 PM ]

Apple Computer, a maker of proprietary personal computers, last week filed a case against individuals who revealed certain secrets of the company as well as Think Secret web-site, one of the world’s most popular enthusiast web-site dedicated to the Macs and other products Apple makes. By filing the suit Apple might attack the main principles of journalism, some observers said.

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“Apple does not seek to discourage communication protected by the free-speech guarantees of the United States and California constitutions. These constitutionally protected freedoms, however, do not extend to defendants' unlawful practice of misappropriating and disseminating trade secrets acquired through the deliberate violation of known duties of confidentiality,” Apple said in the suit.

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