> If I stole Coca Cola's recipe, or the design files for the new Nvidia chip, it wouldn't be theft then? If i steal something its theft tautologically. If i br

> If I stole Coca Cola's recipe, or the design files for the new Nvidia chip, it wouldn't be theft then? If i steal something its theft tautologically. If i break into the coca cola vault and take a the physical copy of the recipe that is theft. If i hack into the coca cola IT infrastructure and copy a file that contains the recipe without deleting it, then it is not necessarily theft depending on jurisdiction.