I’m really excited for @camillealston to be moving on to a new chapter but I’ll also miss her...
On leave granted, defendant appeals, arguing that both the statutory newsperson’s privilege and First Amendment of the United States Constitution protect the anonymity of her sources, and that the motion judge erred in finding she was not a member of the news media and her information was not “newsworthy.”
live in jersey and blog? as of yesterday, legally, you are not a journalist.
i’m really less into this debacle b/c of the actual tech & product but more about how arrington’s only chess piece is his blog and everyone who reads it that doesn’t take every single pixel with a grain of very big salt. begging people to tell their readers about drama surrounding a product? weak charlie, weak.
i’m not going to buy whatever pad this is b/c the price is too much but if i did, i’d do it in spite. mikey is going to come up on the losing end of a business deal he either handled horribly from the beginning or couldn’t withdraw himself out of quick enough.
this is a great case study surrounding law, business, contracts, perception, media and hedging your equity on your mistakes.
