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To: TobagoJack who wrote (126597)12/20/2016 4:16:52 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217544
 
TJ lets agree to disagree and I hope the attached link will correct your way of thinking. As far as I am concerned, industrial spying is no much different that the ordinary spying which in many cases carries capital punishment as a deterrent.

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18 U.S. Code > Part I › Chapter 90 › § 1831 - Economic espionage

(b)Organizations.—
Any organization that commits any offense described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than the greater of $10,000,000 or 3 times the value of the stolen trade secret to the organization, including expenses for research and design and other costs of reproducing the trade secret that the organization has thereby avoided.

(Added Pub. L. 104–294, title I, §?101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3488; amended Pub. L. 112–269, §?2, Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2442.)

Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 90 › § 1832 - Theft of trade secrets

(b) Any organization that commits any offense described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than the greater of $5,000,000 or 3 times the value of the stolen trade secret to the organization, including expenses for research and design and other costs of reproducing the trade secret that the organization has thereby avoided.

(Added Pub. L. 104–294, title I, §?101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3489; amended Pub. L. 112–236, §?2, Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1627; Pub. L. 114–153, §?3(a)(1), May 11, 2016, 130 Stat. 382.)