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What about release trade secretly publicly instead of stealing them?
by randyrand 8y ago
What about release trade secretly publicly instead of stealing them?
- pc86 8y agoDoesn't that still require theft? Stealing money from a bank and giving $100 to the next N people you see doesn't negate the fact that you stole the money from the bank. It just makes it harder for you to give it back.
- randyrand 8y agoJust because one can make an analogy doesn't make it illegal. We'd have to read and understand the laws. But to your point: IMO theft is not a good analogy for this. It's not theft, its inflation. In the bank scenario the bank would still have a copy of the $100. And so would everyone else. It's true, copying money devalues it - just like openly spreading a secret does - so everyone has less than $100 inflation adjusted dollars. Theft is not a good term for this. I think the crime should be called "Spread of trade secrets"