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guelo
on Dec 17, 2014
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Evan Spiegel's Email Memo
What is the legality of Business Insider publishing what amounts to stolen trade secrets?
dmaz
on Dec 17, 2014
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Protected by the First Amendment -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014...
basisword
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Is that still applicable considering Sony is a Japanese company?
cylinder
on Dec 18, 2014
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They are not a "Japanese company." Sony is a massive corporation in the US. Any company that wants to do business in the US needs to setup US-registered entities. There is no question of jurisdiction here.
andrewfong
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Unless Business Insider has Japanese assets or employees that Sony could go after under Japanese law, yes.
basisword
on Dec 18, 2014
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Ok, so they could sue non-US sites reposting the hacked information I guess.
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