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Hey, I took your car for a spin and returned it before you noticed!
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TWOC (a criminal offence, for a tangible object, not Theft.
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And I took that idea you had at work and said it was mine.
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Misappropriation of a trade secret (a civil offence, for an intangible), not Theft.
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I have another one for you: I took that file showing the details of that great invention of yours and made a copy. No problem, you still have your copy -- no theft, right?
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Patent Fraud (a civil offence, for an intangible), not Theft.
See, there's several patterns here....now, seems books are intangible...