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What would be difference between sharing and publishing, from a legal perspective?
by yitchelle 7y ago
What would be difference between sharing and publishing, from a legal perspective?
- dontbenebby 7y agoI think usually the idea is you prosecute the person who steals the information, but if they pass it to another person who publishes, that person can't be prosecuted. If the same person stole and published I'd expect they could still be prosecuted. But others resharing it, (eg if someone posted a pastebin and others shared) would not.
- throwaway846657 7y agoIn the US the distinction is made so that journalists exposing misdeeds from people in power cannot be prosecuted since the value of the information is too high for the public.