The ongoing
Apple - Think Secret legal wrangle is over, with
the end result bringing about the demise of the notorious and sometimes uncanni
ly accurate Think Secret rumor site perenially engaged in a running gun battle
with the secretive Apple.
This agreement ends a two-year legal action by Apple to try to flush out Think
Secret's source of a leaked story about a Firewire-based input device for music
al instruments that was never actually made. The confidential settlement result
ed in Apple dropping the lawsuit and not pursuing the identity of the source, i
n exchange for the shutting down of the site.
Nick Ciarelli, publisher of Think Secret, said of the decision
I'm pleased to have reached this amicable s
ettlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and bro
ader journalistic pursuits."
Ciarelli also told
Engadget
I'll just say that I'm very satisfied with
the settlement, and that I'd like to thank the Electronic Frontier Foundation a
nd my attorney, Terry Gross of Gross & Belsky, for their support."
That's how the beachball bounces.
