Let's say I overheard Steve Jobs. That would also answer Gel's query. Assume an insider broke the law, but, let's say it was an accident. Perhaps a flub at a conference. I guess 'accidents' are still breaking the law, but, let's go down that route.
The scenario is: Steve Jobs, talking at a conference, accidently mentions the new device. Or maybe he thinks his mic is off. 500 people then here the news. ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:28 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: A legal question > > > Do you know if an NDA exists? were you supposed to sign > something but didn't? > > Or did you just overhear something on the street while Steve Jobs was > talking to an employee about it? > > At 10:31 AM 1/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >I just read a bit about the (supposed) new Apple release, > the iWalk, and > >a question occured to me. Is it against the law to reveal information > >about a companies product? I'm _not_ talking about employees who sign > >employee contracts, but outside folk. Ie, if I don't work > for Apple, and > >I find out about their product, let's say by accident (not > by illegaly > >spying, breaking in, etc), does the 1st Amendment protect my right to > >tell the world about the product? > > > >I guess a more general version of this is - are company's > trade secrets > >protected, implicitly, by law? > > > > > >-rc > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
