Apple lawsuit terminates Think Secret

booo! this is the kind of thing that can make you unlove a company

"The terms are not entirely favorable however, as while Ciarelli has not had to disclose any of the sources that led to his 2004 story, he can no longer publish Think Secret."

Not entirely favorable to whom? This article is certainly reading a lot into the official press release of Think Secret. Why not do what the other "news" sites have done and simply publish the entire press release from Think Secret, it isn't very long.

you are so right, companies that protect their trade secrets just tick me off.

There's a very wide chasm between the journalism and the ability to spill marketing secrets on your site while conveniently gathering revenue from ad banners display.

A worthless site to begin with. But who cares. He can just start up "AppleSecretsToThinkAbout.com" and publish there.

A company no more has a right to secrets than a man has a right to stay in the closet. Certainly a company has a right to protect its physical documents, but if non-tangible information is overheard and passed on, it become a matter of free speech. The same for the closet case. If you don't want people talking, then you keep a low profile.

When a society starts granting corporations the right to restrict journalistic freedom, the end of freedom in general isn't far in the future -- if it isn't upon us already. There is only one candidate in the current crop of presidential aspirants who would change this, and he is widely dismissed by the (foolish) media themselves. God save us from ourselves.

if you were Jobs you'd want to crush ThinkSecret too. Apple is big on revealing new products when THEY want to. This is not about revealing a new air freshener or something, secrecy is important in high tech. If you like Apple's success or AAPL's price, you should be glad they are vigilant about this.

YOU BASTARDS!

thesnarkmeister, does it have anything in common with ThinkSecret?

While Nick earned the right to protect his sources (the people who broke NDA) this alone doesn't make him a journalist. And, if you publish some info that is a trade secret and was procured illegally, would you be surprised to find yourself in the court?

"A company no more has a right to secrets than a man has a right to stay in the closet."

Wrong. A company like Apple stands to lose revenue if upcoming products are revealed before Apple is ready to announce them or make them available for sale. If a new Macbook were revealed on Think Secret 2 months before Apple was going to announce it, that's potential loss of revenue from current Macbooks, because people would stop buying them and wait for 2 months.

Apple is entirely within their rights to protect things like that.