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Interesting that they did agree that digital money (wire transfers) is property. So one set of bits is theft but another set isn't.
by Maxious 15y ago
Interesting that they did agree that digital money (wire transfers) is property. So one set of bits is theft but another set isn't.
- BerislavLopac 15y agoWhich is particularly ridiculous, as _money_ is not physical at all. Even physical money -- bills and coins -- is just information, just as when you write down your phone number on a piece of paper.
- eli_gottlieb 15y agoWell no. Physical money is scarce information.
- BerislavLopac 15y agoTrue, but money is not limited to the physical form.
- username3 15y agoFTA, “Because Aleynikov did not ‘assume physical control’ over anything when he took the source code, and because he did not thereby ‘deprive [Goldman] of its use,’ Aleynikov did not violate the [National Stolen Property Act],” the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its opinion (.pdf). Theft of digital money deprives.