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Apple Demands Leaker Reveals Sources Under Threat of Being Reported to Police
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China has many laws that are not enforced or selectively enforced. Guess what will happen if Apple calls the Chinese cops on some leaker. lolNot according to the law in china. Here is some reading for your continued education:
Recent Changes to China's Trade Secret Protections
China's legislature has recently eased the challenge of prosecuting trade secret misappropriation cases in that country.www.jonesday.com
Chinese Law | China: Trade Secrets rules
Lehman, Lee & Xu LLP is a top-3 China law firm with more than 210 lawyers located in 8 cities China-wide.www.lehmanlaw.com
I'm not claiming to be a lawyer, but I'm calling BS on your incorrect and unfounded statement
Seriously? You actually believe that? Every corporation has a right to protect its trade secrets, or guess what, you remove the secret in trade secrets, ironic, eh? Even in the US, you don't have a right to publish trade secrets
As long as they did not do anything illegal to get the info or pay for it (support the illegal activity) then yes. We have freedom of the press in the US.
From political assassinations and global threats down to stolen airpod plans? SPECTRE isn’t quite the threat they used to be.
How should Apple protect its intellectual property? What's your idea for a better approach?
Where did you go to law school? You may want to do a basic Google search before rage posting.
The Pentagon Papers is the seminal case in the USA. They were a top-secret report that was illegally given by a government employee to the press. The US Supreme Court said that they could be published notwithstanding.
And government secrets > corporate so directly applicable. The press is not liable for the information given to them, even secrets (with exceptions like if the press directed them to do something illegal or paid for the info which is furthering the crime). The employee is 100% liable for sure.
If Apple actually had a viable case against leakers in the US it would have been filed months ago with their legal budget and litigious nature.
Gizmodo who got the iPhone 4 from the bar and leaked it were charged SOLELY with "misappropriation of lost property" for taking the physical device; theft of the object itself that was not theirs. Never sued for leaking trade secrets etc. There is a reason why....
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Oh man, big bully apple is upset their mediocre iOS/iPadOS15 got leaked early and wasn't a hit so now they are going after the people who are given the information (probably from an employee at Cupertino) instead of worrying about the leakers in house.
The actual original criminal is liable, that is how you stop leaks. At the original source.
"Press," arguably that he is due to a vague definition, is not liable for republication (unless they participated in, ordered, or paid for the info furthering that criminal act).
If this was the US which it is not. My comment was toward why they go after the low-hanging fruit in other counties and not US leakers. And the irony of the abuse that Apple (correctly) accuses foreign governments of doing because their people have no rights; and then using that loophole/lack of rights against its citizens like this.
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You know the rumors are true when Apple sends a cease and desist.
If he didn't sign any NDA, nor is an Apple Employee, nothing will happen.
I dunno, the Dream Police? That would be a Cheap Trick.
I know really nothing about the laws or police in China, I really don't. I do know exactly how a lot of police in the US would react.
An eye roll, a sigh, maybe a report taken on the telephone, followed by a "where we getting lunch?" or "is it supposed to rain before the end of our shift?"
I know, I've rolled my eyes that way many times. I'm sure by "police" they mean some sort of government authority to enforce this sort of thing.
When I think police, I think of someone answering barking dog calls and rattling doors at houses with false burglary alarms. Also, making sure the medics don't get their butts whooped or shot off at medical calls. That's 99% of it.
Maybe the word police doesn't translate the same meaning? Dunno....
"I hereby sentence you to work in a Nike factory." :-|
Actually sending, viewing, or distributing documents is illegal if labelled correctly.
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The best way to curtail this sort of thing is to pay the workers enough that they don't resort to this side hustle. We all know the workers gets peanuts, the fence is the one making the big bucks. The worker is taking a huge risk for a few hundred bucks, while the middleman profits to the tune of a few thousand.
Again, may want to review the Pentagon Papers US Supreme Court case from the early 70s. Marked as classified did not help much there.
If I ran a big business, I would go after all these leakers too.
It's silly some people here hate Apple or big businesses and think it's ok to screw with other people's business.
It's silly some people here hate Apple or big businesses and think it's ok to screw with other people's business.
It is not wild. Someone is stealing components from factories and selling them to leakers to earn money. One thing is share a rumor, and completely different thing is showing photos of unreleased products that shouldn't be in your hands.
“Apple wants to blame someone and tonight it’s you.”I dunno, the Dream Police? That would be a Cheap Trick.
Ummm. It actually is illegal and yes journalist have to vet things or they will be accountable. Possessing stolen items is a literal crime.