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Rashek writes:
"Alex Kibkalo, an ex-Microsoft employee was just arrested for stealing and leaking company secrets.
Having spent seven years working for Microsoft, Kibkalo is alleged to have leaked Windows 8 code to a French technology blogger in mid-2012, prior to the software's release. Kibkalo was apparently angry over a poor performance review."
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The hardware's, of course.
(Score: 5, Informative) by MrGuy on Thursday March 20 2014, @04:33PM
If he'd taken a wad of cash out of a drawer from Microsoft and handed it to someone, it would be a tort (causing someone to suffer harm), but it would also be a crime (theft). It's not an either/or.
You can argue "all intellectual property is theft!" if you like, but trade secrets and intellectual property laws exist, and some really do have criminal penalties.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 20 2014, @04:48PM
My point is that corporations are allowed to steal with impunity. For instance, if you give a car dealership a deposit on a car, and then the deal falls through or you exercise your right to back out, they're under no obligation to return your deposit. You have to sue them for it (and good luck collecting on a judgment). How is that not theft? Why don't they go to jail for it?
(Score: 1) by emg on Thursday March 20 2014, @06:35PM
"For instance, if you give a car dealership a deposit on a car, and then the deal falls through or you exercise your right to back out, they're under no obligation to return your deposit."
Uh, that's kind of the point of a deposit, isn't it? You give them money so they don't sell the car to anyone else until you complete the purchase?
What's the point if they'll just give the money back if you decide not to buy?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 20 2014, @07:07PM
>What's the point if they'll just give the money back if you decide not to buy?
Because that's part of the contract. Holy shit, you really think they can just keep your money? What if your financing falls through? What if there's something wrong with the car?
(Score: 1) by emg on Friday March 21 2014, @12:17AM
"Because that's part of the contract. Holy shit, you really think they can just keep your money? What if your financing falls through? What if there's something wrong with the car?"
Well, yes. But if you get financing and the car is fine, you're going to buy it, so why would you complain that they keep the deposit if you then turn around and change your mind?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday March 21 2014, @01:07PM
I'm not talking about that, and I really don't know what the law is in that case if you get to such a late stage. I'm talking about where you give them a down-payment, and then there's something wrong with the car upon inspection, or the financing falls through; you have every right to back out and get your money back.