[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.