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This is information obtained illegally?
If an employee (yours, for example) violates his/her
confidentiality agreement (free speech is NOT guaranteed in all
situations- confidentiality is legal as are suppressing the press
in court cases, naming child offenders, etc.) by giving
ThinkSecret information they are not to have and ThinkSecret
KNOWS that this information has been obtained because a
contract has been broken, then this is indeed a very interesting
court case.

While ThinkSecret is a fan site, it is essentially a corporate spy.
Corporate spying for personal gain is illegal unless you are
doing it to reveal a crime?

Anyway, I understand Apple trying to stop the leaks. Part of the
cache around Apple is its secrecy. Plus, other companies could
react and beat them to the punch before they do their big
launch.

Is this worth a lawsuit? Is this behavior guaranteed free speech?
With a business-friendly Supreme Court, I have a feeling
ThinkSecret will be in trouble.
Posted by: mlindl   Posted on: 01/10/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Yup  Jeff Spicoli | 01/10/05
Orchestration  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Just like their "deal" with U2...  Omch'Ar | 01/10/05
Not quite  tic swayback | 01/10/05
I was getting at...  Omch'Ar | 01/10/05
Are people really that out of it?  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Fair enough [NT]  Omch'Ar | 01/10/05
I will add, though...  Omch'Ar | 01/11/05
And also this...  Omch'Ar | 01/12/05
And this...  Omch'Ar | 01/12/05
If...  BitTwiddler | 01/10/05
as tic said  Monkey_MCSE | 01/10/05
Or perhaps Apple is doing this to smoke out a mole?  Laff | 01/10/05
Making a mountain out of a molehill?  d_jedi | 01/10/05
This is not going anywhere  Squawkbox | 01/10/05
Apple MUST lose this one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/05
Scandals draw attention = dirty boost of sales.  Vily Clay | 01/10/05
Godwinned  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Oh so you want to sue Apple  Squawkbox | 01/10/05
The way I look at buisness is this. Buisness as a rule  Laff | 01/10/05
Hmmm maybe.  Squawkbox | 01/10/05
Wow.  Vily Clay | 01/11/05
How about for a supposed "Friendly" Company  Mectron | 01/10/05
Nothing to do with trade secrets  PA-ITGuy | 01/10/05
Heh heh heh...As good a guess as any!  Laff | 01/10/05
Only if Apple weren't such a control freak,  low-life | 01/10/05
Nothing new  tic swayback | 01/10/05
RE: Nothing new  low-life | 01/10/05
I see  tic swayback | 01/10/05
Jobs on stage:  dave95 | 01/10/05
Rumors both hurt and help!  dave95 | 01/10/05
This is information obtained illegally?  mlindl | 01/10/05
Define a "Trade Secret"  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/05
Here you go  Letophoro | 01/11/05
bad press is better than no press at all  zeusfuse | 01/11/05
Leak about cheap mac is mischief of worst sort  GFW_z | 01/11/05

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