keeping secrets

Apple keeps its cards close to the chest. We all know this. It's the reason for the proliferation of Mac rumour sites. It's the reason that we all get excited about Steve's keynotes at MWSF and WWDC.

Apple is suing over the publication of its trade secrets. Jason O'Grady, the editor of the Apple blog over at ZDNet, posted information about an upcoming product related to Apple's GarageBand. Apple says that O'Grady illegally published their trade secrets. Various geeks got up-in-arms because O'Grady's ISP was subpoenaed. Karl Kraft, the person who was subpoenaed, posted a comment at /. that disputes some of what the EFF has to say about this case. Interestingly, he points out that O'Grady used Kraft's address and telephone number in the domain registration for his website.

The San Francisco Chronicle has an article today about the latest dvelopments from the court date yesterday. My crystal ball doesn't tell me how this one turns out, but my money's on Apple.