tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705190583378659608.post2188028297421352359..comments2023-11-13T03:52:13.643-05:00Comments on Pragmatism Refreshed: Psssst. That Solengo BrochureChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755575167245729981noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705190583378659608.post-3346029041754661692007-04-10T09:09:00.000-04:002007-04-10T09:09:00.000-04:00Dante,That's a great user name. "Midway this way o...Dante,<BR/><BR/>That's a great user name. "Midway this way of life we're bound upon/ I rose to find myself in a dark wood/ Where the right road was wholly lost and gone...."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I agree that all businesses have a right to try to keep some proprietary information secret. But once something does get out, despite their efforts, I submit they should simply accept the fact that its out. Deal with it. And do so without bringing in lawyers and trying to get the horse back into the barn by force.<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded, in a sense, of the Pentagon Papers case. The result of the litigation that followed was two-fold. On the one hand, Daniel Ellsberg went to prison. On the other hand, the New York Times was allowed to print the information he had criminally leaked to them. <BR/><BR/>The government, in other words, could punish the guy who left the barn door open, but it had to accept the fact that the horses, the data, were now out there. <BR/><BR/>I simply apply the same dichotomy to private sector proprietary stuff.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755575167245729981noreply@blogger.com