Rebuttal: Piracy is theft because pirates violate the conditions under which artists/developers made their work available to the public. If they don't like thos

Rebuttal: Piracy is theft because pirates violate the conditions under which artists/developers made their work available to the public. If they don't like those conditions, they shouldn't be using it but create their own stuff. (Please note, I explicitly exclude software patents or similar constructs whose only raison d'être is to keep competitors from making their own stuff.)