[an_ko]

> They can, of course, fire you as a result of this mentioning something about "lack of proper judgement", but that's the limit of what they can do. They can also not withhold wages for any period the employee was under contract, no matter how much damage he caused.

Really? I could take a job with a software company, then purposefully pirate everything in sight, and the worst that could happen is I get fired? And the company has to pay the damages?

(Be right back, applying for an NSA job.)

[iofj]

There has to be a vaguely reasonable claim that you did so as part of your employment. For instance, you pirate work-related software. Or your manager asks you (I've seen that happen).