I watch a lot of twitch and also like to play geoguessr and I challenged myself to find the address of a very famous content house from what they have said on stream and I notified the organization. Without me asking for anything, they offered me $25k if I signed an nda and never disclosed the location. Is this legal?
Location: TX
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No, this is legal.
Nay, this falls under awesome.
Extortion would be – “I found the address of you content house, give me $25k to keep it private.”
Blackmail would be – Pretty much the same thing, but generally it is more reputation based. Like finding out someone is cheating on their partner, and demanding something in return for keeping their secret.
Edit: However, it is worth mentioning. If you implied in any way that you wanted/expected payment to keep the address a secret, then you’re dipping into extortion/blackmail territory, which would start falling into potential legal issues.