According to eWeek, Apple has agreed to hold off on subpoenas against the websites that reported the announcements at Macworld before Steve Jobs had the opportunity to introduce the new Mac mini and iPod Shuffle himself. Here is a what eWeek is reporting…
Annalee Newitz, a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told eWEEK.com that Apple, which is represented by the San Francisco law firm of O’Melveny and Myers LLP, has agreed to hold off on serving subpoenas until after the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, has held a hearing on the EFF’s request for a protective order for its clients, two of the Web sites listed in Apple’s suit. EFF filed the request this week; a date for the hearing has not yet been set, but it may be held in early March.