Apple holds subpoenas
Eweek has a story up where they dish that Apple has agreed to hold back their subpoenas of the websites, and their ISPs, etc. in their bid to find their leakers until the hearing petitioned by the EFF takes place:
Annalee Newitz, a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told eWEEK.com that Apple, which is represented by the San Francisco law firm of O'Melveny and Myers LLP, has agreed to hold off on serving subpoenas until after the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, has held a hearing on the EFF's request for a protective order for its clients, two of the Web sites listed in Apple's suit. EFF filed the request this week; a date for the hearing has not yet been set, but it may be held in early March.
It's a pretty good article, breaking down why the EFF is involved and where they think Apple has gone wrong. Highly recommended.
Posted by drunkenbatmanFebruary 17, 2005, at 01:53 PM
Comments (2)
Posted by: Nick at February 17, 2005 04:59 PM
Apple should put a crappy lawyer up against the EFF and let the EFF win, thus cementing online journalists status as actual journalists and setting a great legal precedent.
That would be cool.
They carried this story (not that Apple was backing off pending the lawsuit, but that Apple was going after their internet providers) on the BBC. The BBC!
Apple has to watch itself. I think they have a case against ThinkSecret, but they are coming across as heavy handed and fumbling. And legal bullies.