> If I stole Coca Cola's recipe, or the design files for the new Nvidia chip, it wouldn't be theft then? Because they still have the original, they've not been deprived of it.
correct, it's not theft because it doesn't meet the definition of theft under the Theft Act
this is not difficult to understand, it's spelt in crystal clear unambiguous language in the GPs post
> I think it would be theft and I think a jury would agree.
you can think whatever you want, but it would never reach the point of a jury because the police wouldn't charge for theft and the CPS wouldn't prosecute for it either
because it isn't theft
now if you compromised a computer system to get those chip designs they might try under the Computer Misuse Act, but that's a different offence and not theft
correct, it's not theft because it doesn't meet the definition of theft under the Theft Act
this is not difficult to understand, it's spelt in crystal clear unambiguous language in the GPs post
> I think it would be theft and I think a jury would agree.
you can think whatever you want, but it would never reach the point of a jury because the police wouldn't charge for theft and the CPS wouldn't prosecute for it either
because it isn't theft
now if you compromised a computer system to get those chip designs they might try under the Computer Misuse Act, but that's a different offence and not theft