When the local media aired the wiretapped conversation between GMA and Garci, did they violate any law? Even conceding for the sake of argument that the wiretap was illegally done (by a govt person, not the media), once the media heard the contents, weren't they justified in following a higher moral obligation to inform the public? WikiLeaks did not steal the files. A whistleblower within the U.S. govt gave the files to them.
The comparison between WikiLeaks and private mail, or WikiLeaks and copying commercial software does not hold, because governments are accountable to the public for what they do. WikiLeaks simply exposed the illegal activities and corruption in various governments. Obet Rogelio Serrano wrote: > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Mark Anthony C. Delfin > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So its legal if someone posted your personal messages (sms,emails, etc) >> without your permission? >> >> > > it is not but that does not apply to the state. > > it does in the philippines though. so government officials personal > communications detailing corruption cannot be posted without their > permission. > > my journalist friends from the us thinks that philippine journalists > are puppies. "they have this thing called delicadeza". > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
