TITLE	Supreme Court en banc Decision 2006Do8839 Decided March 17, 2011¡¼Violation of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act¡½ [full Text]
Summary
[1] Where a media group ?that was not involved in unlawful wiretapping, recording, etc. ?knowingly reports and discloses information that was unlawfully obtained by another person, whether such act constitutes ¡°a justifiable act¡± under Article 20 of the Criminal Act [2] Where the Defendant ?who is a broadcasting reporter ?obtained wiretap materials (such as tapes and transcripts of unlawfully recorded private conversations) from the Information Collection Team of the former Agency for National Security Planning and disclosed the contents via broadcast on the Defendant Company¡¯s news channel, the case holding that such act does not constitute ¡°a justifiable act¡± under Article 20 of the Criminal Act

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