The point is not whether somebody does a lot of research or not. The point is whether he/she had data available that is not available to the public. That is sim

The point is not whether somebody does a lot of research or not. The point is whether he/she had data available that is not available to the public. That is simply not fair. Now, using helicopters to track oil tankers - as described in the article - seems to be a blurry line, but in theory anybody could do that and then use that information, it is available to everybody... In principle at least. This data was entirely private, so I would agree with being not fair. That said, I hope these guys do not have to go to jail, but are simply forced to pay their gains (or a portion of those) back, maybe as a fine.