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Misappropriating trade secrets for financial gain is a punishable offense, and this data would qualify as a trade secret, at least for as long as it's not gener
by kmeisthax 6y ago
Misappropriating trade secrets for financial gain is a punishable offense, and this data would qualify as a trade secret, at least for as long as it's not general knowledge to everyone or it has yet to be reverse-engineered. Aside from that, much of the data in these files has standard copyright and patent concerns.
- pizza 6y agoOK then, out of curiosity, what are the relevant laws being broken here?
- formerly_proven 6y agoCopyright infringement probably works for them.
- gilgoomesh 6y agoWire fraud and, trade secrets acts are the two that are usually applied in these cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defend_Trade_Secrets_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defend_Trade_Secrets_Act
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- Nasrudith 6y agoWouldn't financial gain limit it to essentially their competitors? Which renders that part irrelevant and is kind of a "no shit" to anyone actually working in processors not to include their stuff in there.
- sroussey 6y agoAlso: financial damage