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A counterexample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater

• oh_sigh 8y ago
  Being familiar with a machine, and taking that knowledge elsewhere seems qualitatively different from wholesale copying of documents and blueprints.
  • monocasa 8y ago
    > He learned of the American interest in developing similar machines, and he was also aware of British laws against exporting the designs. He therefore memorized as much as he could and departed for New York in 1789. Textile mills at the time were the modern day equivalent of semiconductor foundries. I dare you to try something like that today and see what happens to you.
    • oh_sigh 8y ago
      You're allowed to walk away from a job and retain the knowledge you learned in that job.
      • vkou 8y ago
        Not if what you know is a trade secret, that you have signed an NDA on.
      • monocasa 8y ago
        Not when "he was also aware of British laws against exporting the designs". And semiconductor technology is generally considered a national secret.
  • scarejunba 8y ago
    This is really nothing different from Anthony Lewandowski and friends.
    • oh_sigh 8y ago
      It would be more like if Uber hired levandowski and he didn't (allegedly) walk away with gigabytes of info and only walked with what was in his own head
      • scarejunba 8y ago
        Things have changed since then. It's the same data. Your means of recording it has just changed.