A jurist in Santa Clara County Superior Court originally this week publish a tentative opinion that favors Apple in a case concerning the disclosure of secret information on Mac - orient entanglement situation . A full sense of hearing is scheduled for Friday , when the internet site will be represented by lawyers from theElectronic Frontier Foundation(EFF ) .
Earlier this week Judge James Kleinberg rule that Apple can dish out subpoena to the publishers of O’Grady ’s PowerPage and Apple Insider . Apple hopes these subpoena ad testificandum will lead to the identities of mortal who allegedly provided those publications with selective information about an as - yet unannounced Apple mathematical product code - named “ Asteroid . ”
“ We ’re disappointed that the doubtful opinion was a demurrer , ” said Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Kurt Opsahl . Opsahl added that the EFF plans to make its case before Judge Kleinberg today .
Apple has already subpoenaed Nfox.com , the Internet Service Provider ( ISP ) for O’Grady ’s PowerPage . Apple had also go for for the subpoena ad testificandum for O’Grady ’s PowerPage and Apple Insider . The EFF file a protective monastic order in February skip to stop Apple ’s subpoena ad testificandum . Apple agreed to hold off on serving the subpoenas until Kleinberg ruled on the society . Kleinberg ’s tenative conclusion allows Apple ’s subpoena ad testificandum to proceed .
The EFF debate that reporter for on-line publication are covered by the same First Amendment rights and California Shield laws that protect journalists employed by photographic print publications from having to uncover their sources and unpublished fabric . The EFF says this is the first case of its kind . The hearing is schedule to take place on Friday , March 4 at 10:00 AM in the Santa Clara County Superior Court .
