[atmz]

Ok, devil's advocate here - Carrier IQ are bad, and are making themselves look worse, and the carriers are complicit in all of this, but... Sharing the manuals is still copyright violation, and Eckhart can have the same effect, while being legally protected, by writing about them and using (clearly) fair use quotes from the manuals.

[CodeMage]

From the article:

The EFF says Eckhart’s posting of the files is protected by fair use under the Copyright Act for criticism, commentary, news reporting and research [...]

[Anderkent]

The issue with using quotes is that Carrier IQ would just claim they are out of context and dismiss his findings thus. By posting the unmodified manuals everyone can verify it easily.