Seg, 2006-12-04 às 18:47 +0100, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: > Richard Tobin wrote: > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> >Intellectual property is property. > > > > >> And property is theft. > > > > >http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon > > > > As usual, you miss the point. Just as the fact that's there's an > > often-quoted assertion "property is theft" doesn't prove that property > > IS theft, the fact that someone coined the phrase "intellectual > > property" does not mean that such a thing exists. Both are just > > slogans for a political viewpoint. > > Intellectual property is a slogan? It's a law, not a slogan. > > And as for theft (of intellectual property)...
Well, this is about theft of *Trade*Secrets* not of "intellectual property". My my, what a perfect example of a misnomer "ip" really is. So an unlawful copy should be punished in the same way as below described (that's the purpose of the term "ip", you know?)... what a fantasy world you live in. > ------- > TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > > PART I--CRIMES > > CHAPTER 90--PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS > > Sec. 1832. Theft of trade secrets > > (a) Whoever, with intent to convert a trade secret, that is related > to or included in a product that is produced for or placed in interstate > or foreign commerce, to the economic benefit of anyone other than the > owner thereof, and intending or knowing that the offense will, injure > any owner of that trade secret, knowingly-- > (1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes, > carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception > obtains such information; > (2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, > photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photocopies, > replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates, or > conveys such information; > (3) receives, buys, or possesses such information, knowing the > same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or converted > without authorization; > (4) attempts to commit any offense described in paragraphs (1) > through (3); or > (5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit any > offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3), and one or more of > such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, > > shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined under this title > or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. > (b) Any organization that commits any offense described in > subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $5,000,000. -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...?
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