Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Remember how back in 2005 Apple sued Think Secret, one of the most infamous Apple rumor sites on the block? Apparently TS’s publisher Nick Ciarelli (aka Nick DePlume) settled and even managed to keep his inside sources hidden (and the man has many), but paid the ultimate price: he’s agreed to shut down the site, presumably for good — at least in its current incarnation. We’ve got an newsletter out to their crew to verify considering something doesn’t seem quite right here, kind of nearly feels like a put-on. But who knows, possibly

Apple managed to take out one of its most hated sites. Too poor that site additionally happens to be one of Apple fans’ most beloved.

[Thanks, Joe]

Update: It’s real alright. Nick just wrote back: “I’ll just say that I’m very satisfied with the settlement, and that I’d like to thank the Electronic Frontier Foundation and my attorney, Terry Gross of Gross & Belsky, for their support.”

 

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Original post by Ryan Block