Comments on: Stolen Documents Fair Game In Reporting The News?

By: Deals

Deals — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:28:08 +0000

well publishing of the stolen docs is definitely is not a fair deal… however it will mark the beginning of the more such things in the web world… which is indeed not good for the people and the businesses operating online

By: Michel Fortin

Michel Fortin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:21:30 +0000

Exactly. That is what I meant. Indirectly.

By: Name

Name — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:50:21 +0000

- Twitter owns the documents.

- The documents were stolen.

- It's a sure bet that Twitter did not grant permission to TechCrunch to publish and thereby profit from their publication.

- We don't know how much of Twitter's intellectual property and/or trade secrets were contained in the documents.

- I smell a lawsuit. If I were Twitter I'd sue the daylights out of TechCrunch, assuming the documents contained intellectual property or trade secrets.

- I think TechCrunch is about to find out the true meaning of the word "crunch".

By: maxkalehoff

maxkalehoff — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:06:13 +0000

That's how I felt after this episode. It feels like junior high school.

By: maxkalehoff

maxkalehoff — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:05:23 +0000

Michel,
TechCrunch is profiting. Page views equal advertising monitization.