How are those even remotely similar? On one hand you have a company that has invested billions of dollars to develop a technology on the assumption that it wil

How are those even remotely similar? On one hand you have a company that has invested billions of dollars to develop a technology on the assumption that it will give them an advantage that will allow them to recoup their losses. Then someone steals it and they can't recoup because it's no longer an advantage. Yes, in this one instance it's a benefit to consumers, but it's clearly not a benefit to the people who worked hard to develop the technology or the investors that took on the risk of trying. It feels like your next argument will be that patents shouldn't be enforceable because it's better for society that everyone have access to everything.