Couldn't anyone really commit industrial espionage on just about anything? I mean, I have a friend who makes costumes, and she, naturally, competes with other individuals who make costumes that are commissioned by other individuals. Another friend of mine bought one such costume from this one other person and she immediately began examining it to see how this other person went about making masks. It occured to me that I was watching Industrial Espionage in action right in front of me... but that does beg the question of what a company could do by simply examining their competition's products. Is it really that easy to figure out the secrets behind their competition? Or maybe they just have more moral sense than to do that... I remember when Coke or Pepsi, I forget which one, was offered by someone the formula to their competition's soda, but the company turned it down out of respect for their competition.
Food for thought.
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