Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from...
by randyrand on Friday June 15, 2018 @01:57PM
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Just because one can make an analogy doesn't make it illegal. We'd have to read and understand the laws.
But to your point: IMO theft is not a good analogy for this. It's not theft, its inflation.
In the bank scenario the bank would still have a copy of the $100. And so would everyone else. It's true, copying money devalues it - just like openly spreading a secret does - so everyone has less than $100 inflation adjusted dollars.
Theft is not a good term for this. I think the crime should be called "Spread of trade secrets"
But to your point: IMO theft is not a good analogy for this. It's not theft, its inflation.
In the bank scenario the bank would still have a copy of the $100. And so would everyone else. It's true, copying money devalues it - just like openly spreading a secret does - so everyone has less than $100 inflation adjusted dollars.
Theft is not a good term for this. I think the crime should be called "Spread of trade secrets"