[_fat_santa]

In my view, those are not the same. If you have a product that I like and then I subsequently copy it then that's one thing. You store your data with me and then I use your data to give my product a competitive advantage over yours is completely different.

[jhwang5]

How so? Different in what sense?

[unreal37]

Ideas are not protected under law. There's no "stealing" of ideas.

You can steal data, code, and customer lists.