The legal jeopardy that lurks in the cloud
If you are not certain of whether you are entitled to a piece of software or digital content, beware of storing it in the cloud.
That is one lesson from the intriguing case of Sergey Aleynikov, a former computer programmer at Goldman Sachs who has been accused of stealing software used in Goldman’s automated trading programme by uploading it to a server in Germany. Read more
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John Gapper is an associate editor and the chief business commentator of the FT.
He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. He is co-author, with Nicholas Denton, of 'All That Glitters', an account of the collapse of Barings in 1995.
Andrew Hill is an associate editor and the management editor of the FT. He is a former City editor, financial editor, comment and analysis editor, New York bureau chief, foreign news editor and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.
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