Replies to post #201029 on Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

[buenokite]

Excellent post. It is completely absurd that you can leak material non-public information on a message board because it started with a "journalist".

[Rawnoc]

"It’s a journalistic enterprise whose right to report information is protected by the First Amendment. That’s true even if the information is ‘non-public’ and has obviously been leaked by an insider"

http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2010/11/memo-to-john-carney-re-the-sec-exception-to-the-first-amendment.html

The author appears to have been a journalist who works for an Ontario newspaper, according to another board. But you're right, that's irrelevant. The first amendment protects ALL citizens. Not just journalists. Journalists don't get magic special rules.