What's the difference between you owning a car and you having the right to use a communal car? The core of the legal concept of property is the right to exclud

What's the difference between you owning a car and you having the right to use a communal car? The core of the legal concept of property is the right to exclude others. This is an academic philosophical lens to view it through, but it's fundamental to understanding how the law treats these things. "Property" isn't a physical thing itself, it's your right to exclude others. (This, by the way, is also a useful lens through which to view Fourth Amendment jurisprudence). The property you're "stealing" in a copyright infringement case isn't the bits themselves. The property is the right to exclude others from copying, publicly performing, etc. By doing so without a license, you're denying the software licensor the ability to exclude you.