Future Tense Podcast for March 4, 2005

05/03/2005

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Episode Synopsis

In the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California today, a judge will hear arguments that could help define whether bloggers have the same publishing rights as other journalists.

Apple Computer wants to subpoena records of two Weblogs to discover who leaked corporate secrets about a planned product. Apple says it has a right to protect its trade secrets. Lawyers for the bloggers say the California and Federal constitutions protect them from having to reveal sources.

Guest: Eugene Volokh, professor of law at UCLA.