That's because you are a classy person, Louis. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Louis: did you get the leaked info? I didn't. Makes that decision easy! :-) - Robert Scoble

louis gray, too nice to be a cut throat publisher but still a really great guy :) - sean percival

I did not get the leaked info. But those that did are now publishing some of the details, and to share them on Google Reader seems like the wrong thing to do. I may share ValleyWag every once in a while, but I'll skip these. - Louis Gray

1UP LG. - Derrick

Sean, you don't have to be cut throat to do a good job. I say stand for something. - Louis Gray

Good for you. - Jenna Bilotta

Whoever has that stuff should drop it quickly like a red-hot potato, for what it's worth. But I don't see that happening any time soon, sadly. - Tyson Key

I admire your work ethics and probably would have done the same, myself. Still, after watching some of the leaked docs, TV show - was already known, future merchandise store - big deal lots of 3rd party companies already sell Twitter stuff, Premium accounts - not a secret we have SUL, GMAIL/GoDaddy accounts - haven't seen something unusual etc. Bottom line, I wouldn't publish a thing that was acquired by a criminal act, although someone is filtering the info after all. P.S - spreadsheets with future numbers have never been that accurate to pay attention to. Already seen tons of business plans with bombastic figures. - Nir Ben Yona

I had been wondering what your thoughts were. - Anne Bouey

Absolutely stand for something. I say it is a clear golden rule situation. Twitter could release such info if they choose to but if I received it I'd return it. If I were in the media I would definitely want to write about it but the line on not publishing said illegally obtained docs is clear and not grey. - Rick Cogley from iPhone

Much respect. - Colby

It is fun though to watch the ethical debate in TC's comments: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Colby

Colby, if you read the comments, and just do a search for "@arrington" to find Mike's comments, he is very level-headed about the situation and makes sense. I understand what he is doing, but am opting out of spreading the results. I was at a dinner with Mike on Monday and enjoyed the CrunchUp Friday, so this is not a personal issue in any way. I hope he makes smart decisions. - Louis Gray

Yes but he could end up in jail for this and that's not being level headed. - Thomas Power

Thomas, I am not a legal expert in this case, and think that there are some who are advising him, as well as his own background, so I would guess that is unlikely. - Louis Gray

bum - sofarsoShawn

Yeah I read Arrington's posts and can see his perspective but it seems like he is alienating his readerbase. I suppose that is only a small fraction of the readers though. It will be interesting to see how much they reveal, and if twitter pursues litigation (I assume they have the right...?) - Colby

Same here. I don't want to spread that nonsense. - Bwana ☠

Louis - this is why I read all your stuff and none of Arrington's - andy brudtkuhl