3 Foxconn Employees Charged For Leaking iPad 2 Design 178
syngularyx writes "Three employees from Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plants in Shenzhen, China, have been charged with leaking the iPad 2's design to outside accessory companies in China, according to a Chinese-language sznews.com report. Several online shopping retailers in China were able to sell iPad 2 protective case products before the iPad 2 was even launched, leading Foxconn to suspect that there might have been some employees leaking the design of iPad 2, which it reported to the local police."
Re:remember the guy who was tortured & went su (Score:1, Interesting)
Failure to adhere up to the terms of a contract can be a crime in certain jurisdictions.
While that doesn't excuse torture or other means of extreme coercion, we do need penalties harsh enough to make potential contract-breakers really think about it beforehand.
Economic crimes should not be tolerated just because no one gets physically hurt.
Re:remember the guy who was tortured & went su (Score:5, Interesting)
Failure to adhere up to the terms of a contract can be a crime in certain jurisdictions.
Economic crimes should not be tolerated just because no one gets physically hurt.
Welcome to Asia, where economic crimes aren't just tolerated, they're encouraged.
My money is on nothing of note happening to this guy. He might get fired, in which case he'll just get a new job at the factory down the street. Police wont charge him because he's go no money (for "tea money").
The true economic crimes such as the harsh conditions products are made in are also ignored.
Re:remember the guy who was tortured & went su (Score:5, Interesting)
It may be far better for the governments to put more state funding into finding rare earth alternatives to break the Chinese monopoly on manufacturing/production. Cheap labour can be had even from India and other countries, where at least government is not itself on the IP theft scam.