Judge Rules Steve Jobs Deposition Video Will Not See Public Release

[MH01]

Only a matter of time before it leaks .

 

[Piggie]

I would not worry, sooner or later, by one means or another the Video will find its way out onto the Internet.

 

[thekeyring]

Where the hackers at?

North Kore-

No, it's too soon.

 

[gnasher729]

The fact that a corporation can squelch such a request should be of concern to those who value freedom of information. The judge admits that she might have released the video had Apple not objected.

Was the request ghoulish? Absolutely. But it is the duty of the Fourth Estate to doggedly pursue what it perceives as public information. Freedom of the press is not always a pretty thing.

It's very simple, really. If Steve Jobs was alive and well and had made a statement in court, then it wouldn't have been allowed to film him making the statement, and therefore you wouldn't be able to see his statement as a film on the internet.

Unfortunately, he was already very ill when he made the statement. So ill that he couldn't appear in court and make a statement, but the statement had to be recorded and shown in court.

Now what logical argument would you like to give to convince a judge that while we couldn't possibly see the statement of a healthy witness, we should be allowed to see the statement of a very ill witness? This kind of information is just never made available to the public, so why should there be an exception because the witness was too ill to appear in court in person?

And as batchtaster said very well, you had an opportunity to see his statement. All you had to do was the same as for any other witness statement you want to see: Go to the court when the witness testifies, or in this case when the video of the witness testifying is played. So freedom of information is surely available. Just like in any other court case.

 

[Glideslope]

Good

A Judge that does not have their Head up their A**.

US Media is pathetic. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are rolling in their graves.

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Only a matter of time before it leaks .

.....and when that happens Apple Legal with find the source and torture them legally for the remainder of their natural lives.

 

[diegogaja]

That's ignorant. What was Apple squelching? All the information was available, the transcripts in their entirety are part of the court record and therefore available to all of the "fourth estate". Having the actual video in no way increases the information available. All it does is provide the 24 hour news stations fuel for their ratings. It does nothing to add information wise.

The fact that a corporation can squelch such a request should be of concern to those who value freedom of information. The judge admits that she might have released the video had Apple not objected.

Was the request ghoulish? Absolutely. But it is the duty of the Fourth Estate to doggedly pursue what it perceives as public information. Freedom of the press is not always a pretty thing.

 

[vampyr]

It must have been a little creepy to watch/listen to Steve Jobs answering questions after his death.

 

[bstpierre]

LOL at a raging liberal, attention-whoring company all of a sudden arguing against freedom of information when it suits them.

"all of a sudden"? Surely you jest. Apple has been against freedom of information for a very long time.