News Media Defender emails leak onto the Internet

Here's a few responses to some of what's been stated along with my own take on the situation:
1. There doesn't seem to be any indication that the company downloaded anything without the copyright holder's permission, which means that they did not download anything illegally.
2. Also, the government does not need a search warrant to obtain information that people freely put out into the public (for example, if a person walks out their front door, people, including the government, are allowed to take pictures of the person because the person voluntarily put their physical selves into the public). By going onto downloading sites and putting their ips out there for the world to see, downloaders essentially tell the government, "please take a picture of me and my ip". The government does not need a search warrant to get that information. Also, from the emails, the only people MediaDefender seems to be tracking are people into kiddie porn. Dateline has been doing stings for years in order to catch kiddie porn people and pedophiles and then hand these people over to the police. For whatever reason they are doing it, I'm glad someone's finally taking a serious look at pedophiles and sending those sick freaks to jail.
3. As for the argument that government should be doing all of its own work, well, that simply does not work. There are numerous companies out there that contract with the government for all sorts of projects. For good or bad, the government works in conjunction with companies to get a lot of work done. This is just another example of a private company working with the government. If you have a problem with the government establishing these contracts, talk to your senator or assemblyperson. If instead, you choose to hide behind your computer screen and let the contracts continue without using your political voice, then you are allowing these contracts to continue and, as far as I'm concerned, you've forfeited your right to complain about them.
4. I'm not defending MediaDefender nor do I agree with the so-called MediaDefender-Defenders. I think wrongs have been committed on both sides and both sides will suffer severe consequences. MediaDefender-Defenders intentionally or unintentionally brought in not only state law but also U.S. federal law by posting the confidential information about the employees check out the Department of Justice's website at http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/websites/idtheft.html..."Congress passed the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act . This legislation created a new offense of identity theft, which prohibits knowingly transfer[ring] or us[ing], without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of Federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable State or local law.").
5. I think that an open and honest discussion of what has happened is an important step in addressing these issues and I encourage people to continue this discussion. However, because of the possibly serious implications, I urge people to do a little research about the laws regarding these issues before doing something like posting any links to the stolen emails or phone conversation.