Yeah I didn't even think that was controversial. I'd always been taught that copyright and patents exist to explicitly restrict what people can do by granting a

Yeah I didn't even think that was controversial. I'd always been taught that copyright and patents exist to explicitly restrict what people can do by granting a monopoly to the owners in order to encourage invention and creative work. Edit to add I'm not saying I agree with the justification or am trying to argue for it, only that the point above is commonly raised as the justification, implying that the intrusion on a person's rights is known and accepted.