That still leaves corporate espionage, which (last I checked) is a very severe offense. If that "source code" contained significantly-sensitive data (like medical info or info about legal cases), then there's a giant can of worms right there (and each of those worms has a surname of "Felony").
Copyright Infringement is an act, and at least here in the US, an act which both criminal and civil laws provides specific penalties/remedies. On the criminal side, obviously, one of the penalties is imprisonment.
Ah, I was unfamiliar with criminal penalties for copyright infringement. Could you go ahead and link me to the relevant US Code text that provides for such penalties?
The primary difference is that copyright infringement is a civil offense, not a criminal one, so nobody would be "going to prison".
That still leaves corporate espionage, which (last I checked) is a very severe offense. If that "source code" contained significantly-sensitive data (like medical info or info about legal cases), then there's a giant can of worms right there (and each of those worms has a surname of "Felony").
Copyright Infringement is an act, and at least here in the US, an act which both criminal and civil laws provides specific penalties/remedies. On the criminal side, obviously, one of the penalties is imprisonment.
Ah, I was unfamiliar with criminal penalties for copyright infringement. Could you go ahead and link me to the relevant US Code text that provides for such penalties?
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There is such a thing, in the US at least, as criminal copyright infringement.