ext_361198 ([identity profile] spaz-own-joo.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2010-12-07 08:18 pm (UTC)

Re: Free Press?

That passage clearly deals with "stolen property" of the tangible sort, which is not legally equivalent to stolen secrets.

Yes, there is a colloquial relationship based on the term "intellectual property", but that relationship is informal, not legally substantive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States_(1985)

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