[bevekspldnw]

Curiously, the people most vociferous about digital copying of IP not being “theft” tend to be those people who have produced the least amount of original IP.

Surprisingly, the people generating real, novel, IP like to buy groceries now and then.

[mik1998]

Absurd, presumably anecdotal claim.

My own anecdotal experience is that it has no relation and I know many people who have violated the copyright on the IP they themselves produced.

[calvinmorrison]

how does one violate their own copyright? I mean, its my IP, I am free to license, distribute, and so forth as I see fit, there's an implicit "All Rights Reserved".

[mik1998]

People who produce IP either by work for hire or by selling their copyright rights.

I've had people "steal" IP by sending me a PDF of a paper they wrote whose copyright resides with their university. Not the typical image of a thief.