博客与美国言论自由保护之管窥——以苹果案为例

Blog and Americsan Safeguards for Speech Liberty——A Study of Apple Case

博客作为一种新型交流工具和生活方式,在带来各种便利的同时,也引发大量法律问题,这其中,博客的言论自由的保护和规制问题,便成为其中最突出和核心的问题。美国作为言论自由保护宪政实践最为发达的国家,在博客的言论自由法律规制上体现出了自己独特的一面,苹果公司商业秘密案即是典型范例,而这种对言论自由的高度强调和社会利益的权利衡平,也和美国自身以第一修正案为代表的言论自由保护宪政传统是分不开的。

As a new form of communication and life style, Blog makes our life easier and more convenient while a lot of legal problems arise at the same time,among which the problems of protecting blog speech freedom and regulatory issues are the most outstanding ones. As the most developed eountry in constitutional practice of protecting speech freed,m, America reflects the unique aspect of its own is its legal regu-lations of speech freedom,with the case of the Commercial Secrets of Apple lne. as a typical example. This special emphasis on protecting speech freedom and right balance of social interests arc necessary results of the constitutional tradition of protecting speech freedom, of which the First Amendment is a representative.