Apple vs bloggers case
This short rant about Apple suing bloggers for posting confidential product information misses a couple of points.
First, the issue is bigger than "bloggers stole my trade secrets". The post's author, Henry Cruz, paints it as a simple case of theft:
But would Apple have the cojones to sue, say, A New York Times reporter for the same thing?
Cruz seems to be arguing that any publication of any corporate information that the company does not want released is a crime.
Also, and I haven't followed the case too carefully, so I might be missing something, but it seems that these bloggers simply posted product details a few days before Apple announced the stuff itself. This hardly amounts to industrial espionage. What, is Dell going to throw together a Dell Shuffle in three days?
No one sold the info to Apple competitors or had any intention of doing anything other than be first with a scoop -- like any good journalist.
First, the issue is bigger than "bloggers stole my trade secrets". The post's author, Henry Cruz, paints it as a simple case of theft:
(A) crime is a crime is a crime. In my house, or on the web. If you steal my shit -- or in this case my "Apple" -- you need to be ready to pay the price.
But would Apple have the cojones to sue, say, A New York Times reporter for the same thing?
Cruz seems to be arguing that any publication of any corporate information that the company does not want released is a crime.
Also, and I haven't followed the case too carefully, so I might be missing something, but it seems that these bloggers simply posted product details a few days before Apple announced the stuff itself. This hardly amounts to industrial espionage. What, is Dell going to throw together a Dell Shuffle in three days?
No one sold the info to Apple competitors or had any intention of doing anything other than be first with a scoop -- like any good journalist.
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