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Re:Sony threatens to sue Twitter by pervycreeper on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @01:44PM (#8789491)
This seems to be the most glaring issue here, and likely the reason for the scare letter.

Probably unwise of them to have used this strategy considering the Streisand effect.

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Re:Sony threatens to sue Twitter by shawn-butler on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @03:03PM (#8789909)
Again just speculating, but this could also elevate the dump of the documents on Twitter by the individual into a press issue now since it is showing wrongdoing.

Rights of journalist to distribute illegally obtained documents in public interest I think was firmly established by SCOTUS in BARTNICKI v. VOPPER [0] and they go over the DMCA implications in the opinion.

[0] http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2171346211086974...

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