Encouraging Free Speech Ruling

Apple Computer zealously guards their product information to the extent that they have attempted to prosecute bloggers who leak information to the general public.  A recent California State Court of Appeals decision appears to have the effect of extending journalistic protections to bloggers.  Jeff Jarvis gives his input at the link below.

I may love my Apple computer but I hated the way Apple the company was behaving; I also feared the way the lower court tried to tiptoe around this issue; so I salute the appeals court for standing up for the idea that anyone can commit an act of journalism.

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