Defective_Detective said:
Bethesda and Ubisoft should never be the arbitrators of what we the consuming public do and do not get to read about their business practices or games.
And they're not. This is about
leaks of trivial information that would've been released on their terms. At least if you believe Kotaku's story. It's about
when this information is given to the public, not
whether.
There is no service done to the consumer here, by publishing information early that the consumer would've gotten anyway. The articles
lack notability. That's one of the big reasons why people aren't willing to defend Kotaku over the articles. It was a shitty move on Kotaku's part, it
served absolutely no one except for their own bank account.
When you publish information that the origin of that information doesn't want published, you'll ruin your business relations with that origin. You need to find a reason that actually outweighs that before publishing a piece, or they will be fully justified in cutting ties with you.