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	allnameswereout	2010-07-08 , 11:00
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Originally Posted by stickymick

I agree with gerbick that theft is theft. We could get into a similar argument that's raging over the music/video games industry.

No, thats so-called IP; not theft, but copyright infringement; not theft. Theft requires physical material to be taken away from possesion of its rightful owner. In the case of copyright infringement the original owner does not lose possesion of their property. Hence, totally different, and in fact extremely difficult to compare.

1. (Law) The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious
taking and removing of personal property, with an intent
to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
[1913 Webster]

There is no way how you can bend copyright infringement to be 'theft'. There are situations which are exception. For example, if the master copy is stolen. But then its theft of the master copy. Another example would be destroying the original and only original. But then that'd be copyright infringement + vandalism (or something like that).

Originally Posted by xmob

I'm not condoning theft in the slightest. However, prototypes fall into competitors hands all the time.

In a past life, I worked for another mobile manufacturer (also in Scandinavia). They would regularly receive competitor prototypes to have a look at. It was almost (but never openly discussed) like they accepted that rivals would see each others hardware.

But, I do understand that this case isn't quite the same. It's a 3rd party publicly disclosing information he shouldn't have.

We both know why that wasn't publicly discussed...

Originally Posted by RobertHall

i think eldar was nokia's leak guy...many of his screen shots showed OPK as a contact as well as the fact that NO ONE else in the world has the sort of "contacts" he has...i mean no other blog could get into contact with "inside leakers"???...i find that hard to believe....there is no reason for me to think that after all of these years that nokia NOW decided to take action against eldar....he has been doing this since the n90 and even before! somehow i think something went wrong...may it be too many bad reviews of nokia devices? i once looked forward to his reviews and ill admit i loved getting to know whats next...but i think he crossed a line where he believed he was invincible and became egotistical....and well...we know the rest of the story....

Or perhaps they weren't bothered by him until he crossed the line of bad mouthing prototypes as if they were finished products.

Some say bad publicity is publicity. I believe cattle goes for popularity without thinking, and that for those who don't follow this trend the first words they read on a device are very important. Like the first time you meet someone.

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