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Apple Sues Jon Prosser Over iOS 26 Leaks
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He is not a reporter, regardless of Apple’s claims. He is a YouTuber, not a journalist, conducting by certain principles, working for a news establishment, or having studied journalism.
The fact that some people get their “news” from YouTube or TikTok doesn’t mean video creators are news reporters.
In the US anyone can qualify as "reporter", including private citizens without affiliation to traditional publishers.
Prosser most definitely qualifies as reporter as freelancer with a tech-news-oriented YouTube channel.
Due to the very strong First Amendment protections in the US it's very difficult to prevail as plaintiff in these kind of lawsuits but we don't know all the facts yet.
Good. Sue all YouTubers. I don’t want to ever see them again.
Running off to grab and play my Master of Puppets cassette now
In the US anyone can qualify as reporter, including private citizen operating as freelancers.
This lawsuit has absolutely nothing to do with whether Prosser is a journalist. The statement of claim by Apple makes no reference to this because it's completely irrelevant.
What Prosser did was conspire by paying someone to steal and access a prototype phone. Then, he was involved in exploring the confidential software and used the recordings for monetary gain. If Anderson Cooper at CNN did this, he would be guilty.
Journalists have some protection from revealing confidential sources. They are not shielded from criminal acts.
That's correct, but still those who are arguing that he doesn't qualify as reporter are wrong.
You win. You win the thread.
So Apple should be grateful their pre-release software is being improperly accessed and trade secrets are being leaked over the internet?
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He's clearly not some random guy, he's a notorious Apple leaker and he didn't just randomly guess anything.
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Forgot to mention: this is not necessarily what happened, only what Apple alleges.
We don't know all the facts yet and apparently Prosser argues the facts are different from what Apple represented.
Like jon. Go talk to a lawyer. Posting this is not helping your case lol
“You are not entirely blind here”.
I will take how to shoot one’s self in the foot for $500, alex
Whilst what he did may have been wrong anybody can be a reporter. He/she doesn't have tp be attached to a particular publication.
Well if Sam Kohl thought he was going to get invited to Apple events in the future, his association with Jon Prosser kills that chance now... /s
But in all fairness, this is a true scenario of innocent until proven guilty. Apple has to prove that he illegally obtained this information via the way they stated and if they cannot, I do not foresee this case holding up in court. I assume him posting means he has already been in contact with lawyers regarding this though.
But in all fairness, this is a true scenario of innocent until proven guilty. Apple has to prove that he illegally obtained this information via the way they stated and if they cannot, I do not foresee this case holding up in court. I assume him posting means he has already been in contact with lawyers regarding this though.
Allegedly!! I don’t believe he would have done anything knowingly criminal. Innocent until proven guilty.
If you read the article, this is actual corporate espionage, not "news reporting".
Anything is possible, but Apple says they have forensic evidence showing Ramacciotti called Prosser along with an audio message from Ramacciotti detailing the scheme to the Apple employee. They seem to have used FaceTime calls to communicate, which just adds to the stupidity of this group.
Breaking law and stealing stuff is OK then, as long as you're not a trillionaire.
Not necessarily: it's not illegal to publish information obtained legally, even if said information comes from a third-party that obtained it illegally.
Apple will work a deal with Ramacciotti to bring Prosser down. The group was dumb enough to use FaceTime calls meaning lots of forensic evidence. This is a civil jury trial, meaning the threshold for winning comes down to which side's story is slightly more convincing.