• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    If 10,000 people are doing something, it is NOT secret, and journalists must report on it for the general benefit of society.

    Valve has their head in the clouds if they thought they could keep an informal secret among the population of a small town.

    • Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      This isn’t some grand conspiracy it’s a closed beta for a video game. It’s pretty normal to have an NDA or embargo agreement to get access. It sounds like valve just goofed the implementation. So yeah it’s totally legal for them to post it, valve just might avoid giving them early copies in the future.

      • RangerJosie@sffa.community
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        3 months ago

        Totally. Verge just lost their access to breaking gaming news. They’ll be blacklisted from now on.

        That said, I don’t know anyone who goes to The Verge for breaking news on gaming.