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FAC joins Apple v Samsung appeal to urge disclosure of confidential records filed in court “under seal”

The First  Amendment Coalition has entered into the Apple v. Samsung patent infringement lawsuit in order to advocate for public disclosure of confidential financial records that both Apple and Samsung filed in court under seal. Apple and Samsung have both appealed an August 9 ruling by the trial court Judge, Lucy Koh, ordering the unsealing of many (but not all) of the sealed records. FAC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to free speech and open-government, filed

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Fact checking fell short on ‘This American Life’ program on Apple factory abuses in China

When the producers of the radio program “This American Life” were told by Mike Daisey that it would not be possible to talk to Daisey’s  interpreter to check the facts of his account of labor abuses by Apple factories in China, the producers should have ignored Daisey’s reassurances and  taken other steps to verify the facts, writes Craig Silverman in a commentary for the Poynter Institute. The producers ended up running a retraction of the

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Federal appeals court rules records in Apple case open to public

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that  court documents in case brought by Apple against a maker of Mac computer clones were public. Apple claimed that the documents contained “compelling trade secrets”  about the Mac OS X operating system. -db From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, January 6, 2012, by Kristen Rasmussen. Full story

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County withdraws search warrant used to search house of Gizmodo editor

In a dispute over the iPhone prototype, law enforcement has withdrawn a search warrant and Gizmodo has agreed to provide specific information over how they obtained the prototype without Apple’s permission. -db County withdraws search warrant used to search house of Gizmodo editor http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11495 Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press July 22, 2010 By Cristina Abello California county officials last week withdrew a search warrant that was executed months earlier when government-authorized agents from

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Apple drops Consumer Reports/iPhone 4 discussion threads

Apple has been deleting negative consumer report summaries about its Iphone 4 and other products. -SMD TUAW Commentary/News By TJ Luoma If you were looking for a message thread on Apple’s support forums pointing to Consumer Reports’ article ‘not recommending’ the iPhone 4, it’s not there any more. Apple’s support forum moderators deleted the thread. Bing cached it.If it happened once, maybe you’d say it was a glitch. But what if it happened twice? Three

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