Web publishers get press immunity in CA Web publishers get press immunity in CA

A CA court has found that web publishers are covered by the CA journalist's privilege. See Apple loses court bid to identify source - Yahoo! News. Also see Web Sites Covered by the California Journalist's Privilege and Subpoenas to Service Providers for Contents of Stored E-Mail by Eugene Volokh. And here is the decision by the CA Court of Appeals (6th Appealate District).

This decision potentially long term ramifications. An appeals court in the biggest state in the Union has acknowledged that web publishers are essentially journalists.