Not as readily as you might naively think. Software engineers largely work in a bespoke manner. We don't expect to get paid because someone copies our software,

Not as readily as you might naively think. Software engineers largely work in a bespoke manner. We don't expect to get paid because someone copies our software, we expect to be paid because we produced the software someone else wanted. Engineers have always been compensated for custom production. There's nothing new about that. We have more in common with tailors than with tycoons of imaginary property.