Please, let's stop equating information with property. Say you're a guy in a pub and you overhear some private company contractors talking about just learning

Please, let's stop equating information with property. Say you're a guy in a pub and you overhear some private company contractors talking about just learning that a group of terrorists is plotting to blow up the Empire State Building, and mentioning some things in detail. You decide to tell the FBI about the terrorists, while they might refuse to give up their information if the price isn't right.