How much will they claim CSS is worth?

Michael Motyka mmotyka at lsil.com
Fri Jul 19 08:14:59 PDT 2002


Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com> wrote :
>
>[TRADE SECRETS]
>California Court Says Trade Secrets Theft Can Get Jail Time
>      The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the theft of
>trade secrets worth more than $50,000 can trigger a state statute
>requiring a minimum county jail sentence as a condition of probation. The
>ruling arose in a matter involving an electrical engineer charged with the
>theft of confidential design specifications for computer chips.
>      Read the article: law.com @
>http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&>c=LawArticle&cid=1024078985514&t=LawArticleIP
>
I'm not sure I get the connection. It sounds like the guy stole
documentation from his employer. No sympathy from me. Tell me if I'm
wrong but DeCSS was the result of a reverse engineering effort on
materials publicly available.

Mike





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