Just 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

Just 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"