Well, I believe part of Apples argument was that these "offenders" are not journalists. Do you think they are? You think anyone who can post something on the web should be considered journalists?
This is the crux of the issue. Who gets Journalistic protection and who doesn't? I guess it's time to draw up some parameters about who/what/were. I think this Judges ruling was "old school" thinking and poor.
It's not important on whether a newspaper solicited the information but rather it's important that they have the "right" to do so. Today it may be Apple computer but tomarrow it maybe something important to people as a whole. I feel for Apple because they have leaks that they cannot plug but I don't like our legal system working to do jobs that are best suited to be handled internally. Small government is preferrable to large government IMO.
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Well, I believe part of Apples argument was that these "offenders" are not journalists. Do you think they are? You think anyone who can post something on the web should be considered journalists?
This is the crux of the issue. Who gets Journalistic protection and who doesn't? I guess it's time to draw up some parameters about who/what/were. I think this Judges ruling was "old school" thinking and poor.
It's not important on whether a newspaper solicited the information but rather it's important that they have the "right" to do so. Today it may be Apple computer but tomarrow it maybe something important to people as a whole. I feel for Apple because they have leaks that they cannot plug but I don't like our legal system working to do jobs that are best suited to be handled internally. Small government is preferrable to large government IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_v._Does
Anyone can edit it.
publications we would still be getting nothing but canned, filtered
and sanitized spin from the corporate owned mainstream media.
Apple may have a legitimate case against their employee,
but questioning the legitimacy of web news publications as a protected
media is opening a big bad nasty can of worms.
And all this because a 19 year old college student scooped them.
Some of you may find this an interesting read too.
http://www.rickieleejones.com/political/patriotact.htm