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Trade secrets are a type of IP.
by delecti 3mo ago
Trade secrets are a type of IP.
- masfuerte 3mo agoYes, but if a company publishes its trade secrets on the web you are entitled to read them and use them.
- munk-a 3mo agoOnly if you're going to use them to train an LLM! Also, more seriously, there are plenty of pieces of information that are compelled to be published that don't lose their confidentiality. There actually is a general concept that confidentiality can be lost if you are negligent in its protection but it's a very nuanced thing.
- californical 3mo agoSure, just like it’s illegal to steal the formula of Coca Cola from their documents. But you can do an analysis of a bottle of Coke to figure out exactly what’s in it. You can even make your own and sell it, if you call it a different name.