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> but IP law is what ensures someone can't hack into your files, steal your proprietary "innovative" programming and re-sell copies of it as their own to the cu

> but IP law is what ensures someone can't hack into your files, steal your proprietary "innovative" programming and re-sell copies of it as their own to the customers you were planning to. I'm pretty sure breaking into someone's computer system like that is illegal regardless of IP laws, and history appears to show that understanding what you're selling gives a rather large advantage.

jeromec 16y ago
Well, someone else could have done the hacking and just threw your files up on bit torrent.
- marshray 16y ago
  ...and if you think IP laws are going to be any help at all when that happens, well, I can show you a few torrent links that have been in the news recently.