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Apple Accuses Former Employee of Stealing Vision Pro Secrets
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Fair enough, accused not guilty.
If Apple's forensics are provably correct, which would have to be demonstrated in court, Liu is at the very least guilty of downloading data without authorization.
Theft of intellectual property is universally illegal and bringing lawsuits against the idiots that do it are common. I realize it’s AntiApple popularity contest frequently here. Are you reaching much?
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i think you're the one reaching here, for whatever reason only known to yourself.
The post you quoted was a reply to a spefic comment relating to contracts and clauses.
If you want to extrapolate that into whatever side agenda you want to push then fill yer boots.
Something to ponder though, in relation to your comments, Apple (and other large behemoths) regularly steal the intellectual property of others, so maybe what goes around comes around.
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You're ignoring that I said that the charges Apple will press depend on what their discovery reveals.
Based on the story he downloaded files without authorization/permission, copied them to an external drive/server, dented them from his work computer, and tried to hide the traces of his actions. So again, the charges Apple chooses to press will depend on what their further discovery reveals.
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Nope. You said:
To be found guilty is to be convicted of a criminal charge, so I’m just wondering what criminal charge you mean by “downloading data without authorization.”
if it was in the UK it would probably be the Computer Misuse Act (1990) that would apply, in the US i guess the equivalent is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
this is all, of course, assuming there is any actual guilt. it's just an accusation at this point.
I said:
"Probably because electronic discovery hasn't been completed yet so Apple hasn't decided if they will press charges, and if so, which charges they will push for."
Guilty doesn't necessarily mean you committed a crime, if you lie to someone you aren't committing a crime but your are guilty of lying. He didn't have permission to download those files so at the very least he is guilty of unauthorized downloading of Apple's data and offloading that data to a personal drive/device. But since you are misconstruing what I have said, let me sum it up for you; the charges Apple chooses to press will depend on what their further discovery reveals.