[slowhandluke]

It's a free country, but not in such a stupid manner as the Libertarians seem to think. You are free to do what you want, with your own stuff, not with other people's stuff.

You are NOT free to do as you will, once you freely enter into a contract with somebody else to NOT do something. The insider would not have received the tradable information had they not signed some sort of nondisclosure agreement.

[Noamie]

” once you freely enter into a contract with somebody else to NOT do something. The insider would not have received the tradable information had they not signed some sort of nondisclosure agreement. “

So what if you’re the owner? That’s a big part of what’s at issue.