Apple Threatens To Sue Gawker Media Over Apple Tablet Rumor Contest
Jun. 15 2013, Updated 9:40 p.m. ET
Anyone who follows Apple product launches will know that the company is extremely guarded about their products and apparently Gawker Media crossed the line this week when they offered $100,000 to the first person who could provide any pictures or videos of the Apple Tablet.
Apple served the company with a cease and desist order which in its basic terms said that asking to knowingly receive trade secrets and then divulging them is against a bunch of California laws, especially when money is paid for those secrets.
The response from Gawker?
-Oh well, you have to do what you have to do: The offer still stands.
Just don’t do anything illegal to get any of the evidence, and use an anonymous mail when sending your pics or video to Gabriel at Gawker. [Gawker]
Gotta love Nick Denton and his “screw it attitude” for his company, this one could get messy if the device actually ends up in Gawkers hands.
