> These sites are accorded the same rights as print newspapers, but if they cave in to corporate felchers, they lose those rights by their own hand.
The main issue for most websites isn't so much the rights as the relationship. Sure, you can post NDA'd info to your heart's content, but you're not gonna get more NDA'd info if you do.
That said, it isn't always a clear-cut case of what your rights are. Journalists have gone to jail to keep their sources anonymous, which not all of them are willing to do. Still others know the law is on their side, but can't afford the time and expense to prove it in court. Like anything else in life, it's convoluted.
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The main issue for most websites isn't so much the rights as the relationship. Sure, you can post NDA'd info to your heart's content, but you're not gonna get more NDA'd info if you do.
That said, it isn't always a clear-cut case of what your rights are. Journalists have gone to jail to keep their sources anonymous, which not all of them are willing to do. Still others know the law is on their side, but can't afford the time and expense to prove it in court. Like anything else in life, it's convoluted.