| Kerotan said: I find it hard to believe someone like librarian would risk losing his job over this. |
Every single leaker of NPD data since the late 90's has taken a risk to post numbers. Why do you think creamsugar put out pie charts instead of actual numbers? Why do you think Aquamarine used email tags instead of posting numbers directly?
It actually got to a point, back in 2006, where the NPD Group sent a cease and desist to NeoGAF demanding that they stop posting leaked NPD numbers on their forum. That's why the leakers I mentioned take the precautions they do and it's why Librarian113579 is saying the same.
But I do agree that it's not worth the risk. Like I said, I don't condone the leaking of NPD data. I just know about the history of NPD leaks and want to fill you all in so you can understand the situation better.
| Boutros said: Why aren't leakers simply sending a PM to a third party and let them post the numbers. How could NPD possibly trace it back then? |
I think it's more a case of the exact numbers being posted on NeoGAF or other large websites with high traffic. I think that's why a lot of the NPD leaks in the last year have been posted on Chartz first.
