EFF gets look at Apple internals
In the struggle for the rights of online journalists, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has seen a small victory in the Apple vs. Does case it is working on.
Despite claims that the documents were a trade secret, Apple was ordered by the court to let the defendant’s lawyers look at information about Apple’s internal investigation about insiders who leaked information about new products.
This is a crucial issue in the case, which will be heard by the California Court of Appeal, because the First Amendment and the California Constitution require that Apple exhaust all other alternatives before trying to subpoena journalists.
The EFF considers that in this case, the freedom of online journalists is at stake: Should they enjoy the same privileges as newspaper and TV journalists?