EFF fights Apple subpoenas citing First Amendment

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is helping two Mac news websites challenge Apple Computer's subpoenas, which ask the trade magazines to divulge their sources related to an internal leak of confidential information. The websites are seeking protection under California state laws, the California Constitution, and the US Constitution. CNET News.com says the "subpoenas directed against PowerPage and Apple Insider raise the question of whether online writers, especially those who might be part-time or have other jobs, enjoy the same legal protections as their paper-based colleagues. California law shields journalists 'connected with or employed by' newspapers, magazines, periodical publications and wire services from divulging their sources--but it doesn't explicitly mention Internet sites."

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