The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Sergey Aleynikov, a computer programmer who stole Goldman Sachs’ extremely valuable and proprietary in-house high-frequency trading computer program, stating that the program’s source code (human readable code) was … [Read more...] about Computer Software Not Tangible Goods Under Federal Theft Statutes
Computer Software Not Tangible Goods Under Federal Theft Statutes
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Sergey Aleynikov, a computer programmer who stole Goldman Sachs’ extremely valuable and proprietary in-house high-frequency trading computer program, stating that the program’s source code (human readable code) was … [Read more...] about Computer Software Not Tangible Goods Under Federal Theft Statutes