CNET:

Some of the last video footage taken of the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs shown in antitrust court last week may see the light of day after lawyers representing the Associated Press, Bloomberg and CNN filed a motion with the court to have it released.

“Given the substantial public interest in the rare posthumous appearance of Steve Jobs in this trial, there simply is no interest that justifies restricting the public’s access to his video deposition,” attorney Thomas Burke, who is representing all three media organizations, wrote in the filing Monday.

Apple opposes this filing:

Today’s filing follows an official email request made Sunday by Burke, to which Bill Isaacson, Apple’s lead attorney, replied Sunday night, “Apple does not consent to your request. We are preparing a substantive response to your points and will get that to you tonight hopefully.” No such filing has yet been made on behalf of Apple’s request to keep the video restricted to the courtroom.

Personally, I’d rather not see this video be made public. It serves no one outside the courtroom.

The testimony from other witnesses may have been more germane to the case, but the never-before-seen video footage of the late executive has grabbed the spotlight and, Burke argues, deserves to be shown to the public because it is “far more compelling and accurate than any transcript could ever be.”

Burke’s argument is self-serving. He represents the media, not the plaintiffs.