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Friday, May 26, 2006

Apple Loses to Bloggers

Wired reports that a California appeals court has smacked down Apple's legal assault on bloggers and their sources, finding that the company's efforts to subpoena e-mail received by the publishers of Apple Insider and PowerPage.org runs contrary to federal law, California's reporter's shield law, and the state Constitution. This is a significant legal win for citizen journalists everywhere. We now have a precedent we can turn to and say - "see?" (Via Dave)

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