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Apple settlement shuts down ThinkSecret
Posted on 21 Dec 2007 at 08:53
Apple and rumour site ThinkSecret have settled their three-year lawsuit, allowing the site's sources to remain anonymous at the expense of shutting down the site.
Apple began proceedings against the site in January 2005, after it reported rumours regarding a new version of the iLife software suite and the Mac mini, both of which turned up at the Macworld Expo later that year.
Apple obtained a subpoena ordering the site to identify the source of the information, and to prevent it publishing any more of what Apple called "trade secrets".
However, ThinkSecret obtained legal representation in order to fight the subpoena and after much legal wrangling it now appears a compromise was reached.
"I'm pleased to have reached this amicable settlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and broader journalistic pursuits," says ThinkSecret founder Nick Ciarelli in a statement on the site.
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