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In response to "No - because as you said when you started the thread, this isn't a legal issue, just an ethical one. -- nm" by Roger More

I think one begets the other. But, I can see that argument compared to the ethics of reprinting the end of a novel or a movie. -- (edited)

Posted by Max Oct 3 '16, 13:55

"I'm spoiling this because it's in the public interest" isn't really in the public interests, but the interest of the person who wants to be famous for spoiling it.

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So the journo wanted to be famous for uncovering her real identity. -- nm - . Oct 3, 14:26
I don't think so. If you tell me a secret and I tell it to a journalist, who then publishes it, what legal recourse do you have? - Roger More Oct 3, 13:59 2
- I tacked on a statement above, but what I meant was that looking at the law can help reason out the ethics. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 14:00 1
  - The law is pretty selective at what it looks at, and it doesn't have its basis in ethics. -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 14:07

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I think one begets the other. But, I can see that argument compared to the ethics of reprinting the end of a novel or a movie. -- (edited)

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