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Friday, Jan 14, 2005 11:30am
WP: Harvard freshmen triggers lawsuit by Apple |
An in-depth article by The Washington Post looks at Apple's lawsuit against Mac rumor site Think Secret saying that "Ciarelli, now a 19-year-old Harvard University freshman, is part of a legion of Internet news gatherers whose influence is expanding as concern grows in some quarters about their accountability and journalistic standards. With the easy anonymity offered by online posting of tips and digital photographs, Web sites run by product buffs have caused headaches, and generated valuable buzz, for companies in many industries -- including automobile and cell phone manufacturers -- by leaking product information."
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