With some regularity confidential stuff passes my desk or inbox, and once or twice by accident I have come into the possession of things that were not intended for me.
Do not treat others like you would not want to be treated is very much the motto in cases like this. Techcrunch is setting themselves up for a very big fall. Not only will nobody ever trust them again, if anybody will ever have a chance to give them a taste of their own medicine I'm quite sure it will be done if only to spite them.
Talking to the person whose stuff you obtained illegally is not a reason to publish and saying 'but then somebody else would do it' is not an excuse either.
With some regularity confidential stuff passes my desk or inbox, and once or twice by accident I have come into the possession of things that were not intended for me.
Do not treat others like you would not want to be treated is very much the motto in cases like this. Techcrunch is setting themselves up for a very big fall. Not only will nobody ever trust them again, if anybody will ever have a chance to give them a taste of their own medicine I'm quite sure it will be done if only to spite them.
Talking to the person whose stuff you obtained illegally is not a reason to publish and saying 'but then somebody else would do it' is not an excuse either.