“The August 7 order was not limited to authors ‘paid . . . to report or comment’ or to ‘quid pro quo’ situations,” Alsup wrote in an order filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. “Rather, the order was designed to bring to light authors whose statements about the issues in the case might have been influenced by the receipt of money from Google or Oracle.”
“For example, Oracle has disclosed that it retained a blogger as a consultant,” Alsup added, referring to Florian Mueller , a frequent commenter on patent and open-source software issues. “Even though the payment was for consulting work, the payment might have influenced the blogger’s reports on issues in the civil action.”
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