[WikiEN-l] Arbiter involvement on the Durova affair

[Ray Saintonge]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:39:57 +0000, Kwan Ting Chan <ktc at ktchan.info>
> wrote:
>   
> Repeating my question which you did not actually answer. How is that any
>> different in your case excluding first point about being party to the
>> email? As far as I'm informed, you didn't have the consent of the sender
>> of the email to publish it, and did not respect the privacy of the
>> sender either.
>>     
> If you are not able to see the essential difference between
> publishing an email on Wikipedia and quietly asking a few trusted
> friends for advice in confidence then I'm afraid I can't help you.
A breach of confidence does not depend on whether the information was 
shared to a broad public or to a limited circle of friends.  The latter 
is perhaps more insidious, because the person whose confidence is 
breached is unable to respond to the breach.

Ec