As much as i found the information facinating... at the very least the people involved should have been asked permission before posting this stuff. Liking someone's work doesn't give you the right to invade their privacy.
It's a very tough call. I imagine I would have done the same exact thing (though probably wrote and sold a full article on it because it is such important stuff), though I would have redacted the names and put in placeholders after contacting the participants if they so requested. I also would have avoided mentioning the pilfered hard drive data and just chalked it all up to "anonymous sources". Again, I don't like how the guy went about it, but at the same time, it's historical stuff, particularly with the long ago passing of Mr. Adams, so I'm glad it got out in some form, even if it was the wrong one. In many ways, there was really no precedent for this sort of thing, and I think it's good that we have an intelligent dialog about this in case it happens again.
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*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
As much as i found the information facinating... at the very least the people involved should have been asked permission before posting this stuff. Liking someone's work doesn't give you the right to invade their privacy.
It's a very tough call. I imagine I would have done the same exact thing (though probably wrote and sold a full article on it because it is such important stuff), though I would have redacted the names and put in placeholders after contacting the participants if they so requested. I also would have avoided mentioning the pilfered hard drive data and just chalked it all up to "anonymous sources". Again, I don't like how the guy went about it, but at the same time, it's historical stuff, particularly with the long ago passing of Mr. Adams, so I'm glad it got out in some form, even if it was the wrong one. In many ways, there was really no precedent for this sort of thing, and I think it's good that we have an intelligent dialog about this in case it happens again.
Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.