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The dePlume Organization, Think Secret’s owner, filed a special motion on Friday to have Apple’s lawsuit against the Mac site dismissed on First Amendment grounds. The motion was filed in California Superior Court, Santa Clara County, under the California Anti-SLAPP Statute, a law designed to stem meritless lawsuits that attempt to quiet constitutional exercises of freedom of speech. The response includes declarations from prominent journalism experts Professor Thomas Goldstein and Dan Gillmor.

Terry Gross, the attorney representing Think Secret publisher Nick Ciarelli, says Apple’s lawsuit against the site wasn’t filed to find out the sources of product leaks–it was intended to intimidate independent writers and bloggers from publishing confidential information. Gross plans to file a motion next month to dismiss the case on the grounds of First Amendment rights. “The Supreme Court has said, ‘I’m sorry, you can’t hold [journalists] liable.

Terry Gross of Gross & Belsky LLP will defend Mac news site Think Secret from a lawsuit brought againtst it by Apple. Gross has “been at the center of Internet law since the early days of the net,” and served as the first counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). “Think Secret’s reporting is protected by the First Amendment,” Gross said. “The Supreme Court has said that a journalist cannot be held liable for publishing information that the journalist obtained lawfully.

Nicholas Ciarelli, the 19-year-old editor and publisher of Think Secret, is hoping to find free or low cost legal representation in his lawsuit with Apple, which sued the site earlier this month claiming that it illegally published company trade secrets. Ciarelli said Friday that he can’t afford to defend himself. “A lot of lawyers are interested in my case, but few are able to do it for free or low cost,” Ciarelli, of Cazenovia, New York, said.

The publisher of Think Secret, who uses the pseudonym Nick dePlume, has made his first comment on Apple’s lawsuit against his rumor site. dePlume told Reuters that Think Secret was confident it was within its rights to publish the material. “We’re confident that Think Secret’s reporting is consistent with the right and privileges granted by the First Amendment,” dePlume said.