My understanding is that the theft of trade secrets is punished as any other type of theft, while downloading software is punished under specific intellectual property law.
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 08:07:39PM +0200, Laurent GUERBY wrote: > On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 09:22 -0700, Michael Perelman wrote: > > The damage done by intellectual property goes well beyond the > > prevention of the downloading of music. Yesterday's story about a > > Goldman Sachs employee downloading proprietary information was not > > exactly an example of a violation of intellectual property laws, but > > rather a theft of trade secrets -- perhaps a distinction without a > > difference. > > Trades secrets are traditionnally included in intellectual property, > and wikipedia page follows this: > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
