Apple sues student for leaking information

2005-01-31 18:50:08
Nicolas Ciarelli, the 19-year-old Harvard frosh and publisher of Apple rumor site Think Secret is looking for legal help in his fight against Apple. The company is suing the site for publishing trade secrets in leaking news about the Mac mini and iPod Shuffle. Ciarelli, whose identity as the site's publisher and editor was only published this week, is not named as a defendant. But he still needs a lawyer, and said he is hoping to find free or low-cost legal help to argue that he deserves First Amendment protection and used proper newsgathering techniques to break news about the Mac mini computer and other inside information about Apple.