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Saturday, January 22, 2005

Lawyer fights back at Apple

InfoWorld:

The lawyer for the Harvard freshman being sued by Apple Computer for publishing trade secrets about the company's products, says Apple is stifling free speech.

Terry Gross, the lawyer working free of charge for Nicholas Ciarelli, said the Apple lawsuit ignores First Amendment protections of free speech and attempts to intimidate small publishers from printing unwanted information about companies such as Apple.

"My client is angry," said Gross said, a partner at the San Francisco-based law firm of Gross & Belsky LLP, "He's a fan of Apple and can't understand why Apple is suing him."

Gross said he is preparing a motion to be filed by Feb. 2 that says the lawsuit was filed to intimidate public speech and should be dismissed. "They would not do this against the New York Times," he said.

Damn right they wouldn't. This lawsuit will fail miserably, and it will prove to be a rare PR blunder for Apple, which is more beloved by its fans, practically, than any company on earth. Way to go, guys.

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