Comment by 3pt14159
8 years ago
What they did is figuratively a felony (literally a "indictable offense") here in Canada. These guys are going to go to prison. Courts have ruled time and time again that hiding unreasonable or otherwise illegal actions in ToS does not absolve liability or criminality.
Just out of curiosity, what part of this is considered illegal? Not defending Kite here, but it seems that even though they are using some shady tactics to gain users, none of their product/ToS seems illegal.
Theft of copyrighted material, if bfirsh's claim of having the tool upload _all of the source code on his computer_ without asking about it.
Maybe even corporate espionage.
> Theft of copyrighted material
Copyright infringement is not theft. These are two completely different issues. When data is copied it is not taken away from the owner like when physical goods are stolen. Secondary damages may or may not occur, but they are not the same as depriving someone of a good. As an analogy, I wouldn't steal a car, but I surely would copy a car if I could do so by simply pressing a button...
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