Stealing IP via piracy will put you in jail too, though. I'm not trying to make a case for whether or not trade secrets (or movie downloads or software) "shoul

Stealing IP via piracy will put you in jail too, though. I'm not trying to make a case for whether or not trade secrets (or movie downloads or software) "should" be protectable via law. I'm stating bluntly that it is. And the reason is that it's fraud.