Things are, by and large, what they appear to be. Evolution has given you sensoria for the purpose of making such determinations. A duck is a duck. An apple is an apple. Unsolicited mass mailings are unsolicited mass mailings. Saying something is so, does not make it so. A label is a piece of information attached to a thing. A label attached to a thing, which controverts the nature of the thing itself, does not change the thing itself, although it may change the significance of the thing greatly. An apple which has been labelled as a duck, is an apple, not a duck. The fact that it's been labelled a duck, however, may make it more interesting than the average apple. This is often called "propaganda," and is typically a rhetorical tool employed against the particularly credulous. Confidentiality is the property of being held in confidence, or being conveyed in confidence. Confidence, in this sense, is a state of trust of mutual secrecy. Confidentiality is expected and defended either under contract. Confidentiality exists whenever it is stipulated in a contract. A contract, to be valid and enforceable, must define a reciprocal exchange of value. Exodus has conveyed no value to Gordon in reciprocity for expectation of his secrecy. Exodus has conveyed no value to the recipients of their unsolicited mass mailing in reciprocity for the expectation of their secrecy. Attaching a label which reads "confidential" to something which you then distribute via unsolicited mass mailing does not make it confidential. In fact, the opposite is true. This is, arguably, interesting. Gordon is a journalist. Gordon is an editor. Gordon is a publisher. Godon's job in each of these roles is to gather and sell interesting information to his customers, and perhaps to promote the state of customerhood by occasionally releasing small pieces of interesting information to prospective customers. If Exodus had _not_ labelled their unsolicited mass mailing "confidential" in an attempt to create propaganda, it would be _less_ newsworthy. A tactic of both advertisers and propagandists is to attempt to harness the media by making their propaganda appear to be news. Saying something does not make it so. This is only obvious to those who have two neurons to rub together, however. Information wants to be free, however _this thread really needs to end_. This is a list of unsupported assertions. IANAL. -Bill