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Reuters Accused Of Hacking For Typing In URL

Posted by timothy on from the permission-granted-or-denied dept.

Aexia writes "Intentia International, a company in Sweden, is suing Reuters for publishing an earnings report posted on their website prior to its official release. The catch? The report couldn't be accessed through 'normal channels', you had to know, or guess, what address to type in order to retrieve it. The precedent this case sets will be interesting. If you don't use a hyperlink on a website, are you committing a crime? You can also read Intentia's take on the situation."

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  1. reuters and routers by joe_bruin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    no no, you say it "router" ('rau-t&r).

  2. Register article from yesterday by babycakes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    here.

  3. did they have permission? by trosenbl · · Score: 0, Redundant

    seems to me that if you set the permissions on a file to be world-readable, you're giving the (hang on here, this is a big jump in logic) world permission to read it.

  4. Re:Raises some interesting ideas by John+Hasler · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Reuters "stole" nothing and infringed no intellectual property rights.

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