Re: [lopsa-discuss] wikileaks and lopsa

2010-12-11 Thread Derek J. Balling
On Dec 11, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > Ergo, Wikileaks is criminal. Why? They make a claim to be a journalistic endeavor just like the NYTimes, and we don't register "journalists" in any way, really, so they've got every right to make that claim. And once they get that "journa

Re: [lopsa-discuss] wikileaks and lopsa

2010-12-11 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Matt" == Matt Simmons writes: Matt> I'm not disagreeing with any of your assertions, but if Wikileaks Matt> received the leaked material from an informant, and didn't steal it Matt> themselves, wouldn't the "greater public good" be a possible defense Matt> for them? Possible defense yes,

Re: [lopsa-discuss] wikileaks and lopsa

2010-12-11 Thread Matt Simmons
Randal, I'm not disagreeing with any of your assertions, but if Wikileaks received the leaked material from an informant, and didn't steal it themselves, wouldn't the "greater public good" be a possible defense for them? --Matt On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>

Re: [lopsa-discuss] wikileaks and lopsa

2010-12-11 Thread Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/11/10 21:02 , Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Brandon" == Brandon S Allbery KF8NH writes: >>> Amigo, neither of us is a lawyer or plays one on TV, but I'd >>> appreciate if you can show me the SCOTUS case law you allege >>> exists. I don't thi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] wikileaks and lopsa

2010-12-11 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Brandon" == Brandon S Allbery KF8NH writes: >> Amigo, neither of us is a lawyer or plays one on TV, but I'd >> appreciate if you can show me the SCOTUS case law you allege >> exists. I don't think there's a Woody Allen or "journalistic intent" >> clause that says if Derek steals a classifi

Re: [lopsa-discuss] wikileaks and lopsa

2010-12-11 Thread david
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010, Brandon S Allbery KF8NH wrote: > On 12/9/10 16:42 , unix_fan wrote: >> Amigo, neither of us is a lawyer or plays one on TV, but I'd appreciate if >> you >> can show me the SCOTUS case law you allege exists. I don't think there's a >> Woody >> Allen or "journalistic intent" c

Re: [lopsa-discuss] wikileaks and lopsa

2010-12-11 Thread Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/9/10 16:42 , unix_fan wrote: > Amigo, neither of us is a lawyer or plays one on TV, but I'd appreciate if > you > can show me the SCOTUS case law you allege exists. I don't think there's a > Woody > Allen or "journalistic intent" clause that