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Facebook's open data centre initiative used stolen British know-how, a Californian jury ruled yesterday. Cheltenham-based BladeRoom was awarded £30m in damages against industrial multinational Emerson, for its role in constructing a bit barn for the social network. BladeRoom claimed that Facebook had taken the designs of its …

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  1. LenG

    Surprised?

    Facebook is all about sharing anybody's data in any way which allows it to make a profit.

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  2. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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    Well done. I hope they got considerably more out of FaceBook.

    Since they have considerably more to give.

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  3. Wolfclaw

    Surprised US gov and law enforcement didn't Trump us some charges with it being a British v USA firm, as in HP v Autonomy !

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    1. Roland6 Silver badge
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      Can Emerson appeal this judgement?

      Until the appeals path is closed down then I would wait a bit before claiming a success...

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  4. tedcatchpole

    I have a job interview with this company in the morning

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