We just got a note from Lauren Gelman at the Center for Internet and Society that Apple has been handed a total loss at the hands of "Does," AKA O'Grady's PowerPage and Apple Insider, who published leaked details of Apple's firewire peripheral for GarageBand. In other words, it was not within Apple's rights to wander around demanding that journalists reveal their sources, under trade secrets protections or any other law. SFist and the rest of the Gothamist network pledged our support for the defendants along with dozens of other online news sources in the form of an amicus curiae brief which Lauren put together. From her blog:
This is a *huge* win! Now journalists can feel safe knowing that they can protect their sources’ identity no matter in which medium they choose to disseminate news (as we argued in our amicus brief [PDF]).Kudos indeed to the EFF, who lead the defense! SFist is just happy to be on the winning side. Also, we're happy that our legions of anonymous tipsters need not fear that we'd be legally forced to divulge their identities. So if anyone's just happen to have seen a certain mayor doing blow, get in touch!Kudos to the good folks at EFF for their work on this case.
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