Court rules bloggers can protect their sources.

[uberblonde]

This is big. California's 6th District appeals court has ruled in Apple v. Does that bloggers, like journalists, are protected under California's shield law.

http://susiemadrak.com/2006/05/26/21/04/court-bloggers-journalists/

"The Court also held that the website editors were journalists entitled to claim California’s Journalist Shield to prevent them from being held in contempt for not disclosing sources and to claim the First Amendment’s protections for journalists.

"This is a *huge* win! Now journalists can feel safe knowing that they can protect their sources’ identity no matter in which medium they choose to disseminate news (as we argued in our amicus brief)."

[stellanoir]

great but

journalists can no longer so we'd damn well better

blog on

[aquart]

1. YES!

I think this just made my day. And I'm not even a blogger.

[sandnsea]

2. Bloggers, Yeah!!

(I put that in my title hoping to trigger some blogger ads.)

But this is excellent news, it's the way it should be. Huge victory, just HUGH!!

[leveymg]

3. Apple will appeal. This is limited to CA, and may not survive long

I was hoping it was a 9th Circuit Court decision, but no such luck.

[rumpel]

5. Q. Could you please enlighten me on the CA 6th District Court? n/t

[leveymg]

7. It's the State Court of Appeals for the San Jose area.

It rules on California state law matters. The decisions it makes are only binding in that area, have precedential importance within the state of CA, but could be cited elsewhere in similiar cases. It's decisions are subject to review by the Supreme Courts of CA and of the U.S..

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. In that case may I suggest

[ShockediSay]

6. Wait til this gets in front of Scalia, Alito and Thomas

(Moe, Larry and Curley)

[Voltaire99]

8. No thanks to Apple!

Lovely computers; but just another corporation at heart.