Comment Re:I mean.... what is there to say? (Score 1) 127
The reporting of leaked information is generally, in the United States, protected under the 1st Amendment for the person who reports on it. Theft of proprietary information, whether or not the with intention of giving it to a reporter, is generally not protected and can result in civil suits, civil prosecution, and/or criminal prosecution of the person who takes it. Theft of physical property, such as CDs or game cartridges, is a crime in any jurisdiction regardless of whether or not the taker has good intentions or leaks information deriving therefrom to a news outlet.