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Prominent Internet lawyer to defend Think Secret in Apple suit
ThinkSecret ^ | 01/19/2005 | Staff

Posted on 01/19/2005 12:13:31 PM PST by r5boston

Terry Gross of Gross & Belsky LLP, a lawyer at the forefront of Internet law since the net's early days, will defend Mac news Web site Think Secret from a lawsuit brought by Apple Computer Inc.

"Apple's attempt to silence a small publication's news reporting presents a troubling affront to the protections of the First Amendment," said Nick dePlume, the site's publisher and editor in chief. "I'm grateful that Mr. Gross has stepped forward to help defend these crucial freedoms."

(Excerpt) Read more at thinksecret.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apple; freespeech; intellectualproperty; thinksecret
ThinkSecret owner, known as Nick dePlume, found legal help in the suit filed by Apple computers.
1 posted on 01/19/2005 12:13:38 PM PST by r5boston
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To: r5boston

Wasn't there a similar case a few years ago with respect to a mustang enthusiast and ford?


2 posted on 01/19/2005 12:15:08 PM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: r5boston

> Prominent Internet lawyer to defend Think Secret in Apple suit

Apple suit? Like one of them Fruit of the Loom guys?


3 posted on 01/19/2005 12:15:25 PM PST by orionblamblam
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To: r5boston

Wasn't Apple small once and got backhanded??


4 posted on 01/19/2005 12:25:02 PM PST by handy old one (It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle)
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To: r5boston

I hate it when a company I like abuses people. Same thing happened with Adobe.


5 posted on 01/20/2005 8:20:32 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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