It's more than that Paul. If you have a source which gives you info on the condition you keep quiet about it, you should, or next time that source won't tell you. It's more tha personal ethics, it's a matter of not burning someone who did you a favour. You may not have signed the NDA, but the source probably did, so they're teh ones who will get into trouble.
Like others, I have access to the information in question. I'm not going to divulge it as I don't want my source to get into trouble. Until know I've avoided letting on that I knew about it, having stuck to pointing out what it couldn't be based on Aaron's posts. -Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: > That's true as a matter of personal ethic, but it's not legally > binding. Having worked in the automotive press for many years, I know > writers have to sign for embargoed information. That's legally binding. > The embargos don't permit the communication of the material to anyone, > even on a one-to-one basis. So the embargo has essentially been > violated already at some point in the chain, probably by the person who > told Aaron. Because I doubt that Aaron had to sign for the information, > although someone did at some point in the chain. Now it's just > spreading a rumor. But I find the coy: We know but we can't tell you > messages here to be very juvenile. > Paul > On Aug 26, 2006, at 7:29 AM, John Forbes wrote: > > >>He is embargoed if he was given information on condition that he keep >>quiet about it. >> >>John >> >>On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:41:58 +0100, Paul Stenquist >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>By the way, anyone who has knowledge of the K10 camera and who is not >>>a camera dealer or a journalist is in no way obligated to observe an >>>embargo on information. >>>Paul >>>On Aug 25, 2006, at 11:33 PM, David Savage wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I ain't playing your guessing game this time. >>>> >>>>Dave >>>> >>>>On 8/26/06, Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>[email protected] >>>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>[email protected] >>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
