I wonder: based upon that logic, it's not theft to share digital files (ebooks, music, videos), which are also not physical goods by the same logic. -D On Sun 15/04/12 4:25 PM , PeterK [log in to unmask] sent: Court Rules Software Not Protected By Fed Crime Laws, Overturns Conviction of Goldman Engineer | TechCrunch The appellate court for the Second Circuit released an opinion on Thursday finding that the HFT source code did not fit within the scope of the National Stolen Property Act (“NSPA”), which makes it a crime to transport or transmit stolen goods, wares, or merchandise. The court concluded that Aleynikov did not steal physical “goods” per se, but rather, software code which was “purely intangible property embodied in a purely intangible format.” http://tcrn.ch/HLqLif [1]">http://tcrn.ch/HLqLif Source: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/14/court-software-not-protected-by-federal-criminal-laws-overturns-conviction-of-goldman-sachs-engineer/%3Fncid%3Dwebmail6 [2]">http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/14/court-software-not-protected-by-federal-criminal-laws-overturns-conviction-of-goldman-sachs-engineer/?ncid=webmail6 See if people are clicking on this link: http://tcrn.ch/HLqLif [3]">http://tcrn.ch/HLqLif+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar [4]">http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html [5]">http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] [6] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. [log in to unmask] [7]?body=unsubscribe%20RECMGMT-L Links: ------ [1] http://tcrn.ch/HLqLif [2] http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/14/court-software-not-protected-by-federal-criminal-laws-overturns-conviction-of-goldman-sachs-engineer/%3Fncid%3Dwebmail6 [3] http://tcrn.ch/HLqLif [4] http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar [5] http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html [6] mailto:[log in to unmask] [7] mailto:[log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
