Florida Prior Restraint Case
Remember our discussion about picking through the trash in order to find information for a story? Check out this article taken from the RCFP website concerning a Florida reporter who bought documents at a public auction.
Is the judge in this case right in refusing to rescind the order blocking the station from using these documents?
Would the judge have ruled differently if the political consultant had voluntarily disposed of the documents?
Let me know what you think.
posted by Ron Bishop @ 9:03 AM
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1 Comments:
By failing to pay the storage fee Guetzloe lost his "privacy" rights.
Common sense says that if these documents were that sensitive they would have been better protected by Guetzloe.
I did a little research and came across the Economic Espionage Act of 1996. It only protects when "the owner thereof has taken reasonable measures to keep such information secret".
Its different then free speech but seems to apply here.
The documents were basically thrown out by the consultant, which makes them fair game for the press.
-Noah
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