[olalonde]

Is that your libertarian rationalisation against copyright? Because with that kind of logic we couldn't have contracts either (breaching a contract can be non-violent).

> And where does copying end, and thought begin?

In the same way we decide when a person becomes legally major. We draw whichever arbitrary line seems to make the most sense.

[tremon]

with that kind of logic we couldn't have contracts either

That a false equivalence, contracts are between two parties who both have no grant of violence.