Designs by Emily Clare

This article deals with Apple filing a lawsuit against an online blogger who posted what Apple deemed “trade secrets” on his site. Apple paid Nick Ciarelli to stop his blog after the suit was stopped cold in its tracks because of Ciarelli’s First Amendment defense. Apple knew they were going to lose so instead of fight they just ended up paying Ciarelli. This ties into class because it shows how companies have a harder time keeping secrets from getting out especially when people have access to the web and can get material out into the public at a very fast pace. Apple is a large corporation so its not stranger to finding little guys to pick on in and some cases make money off of in a suit but it was Apple that paid the price in this one. Furthermore, the article makes the comment that there are many other sites out there like the one Ciarelli created so this trend of suing the little guy will not end.

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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/who-is-really-hurt-by-

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