I don't think it's OK to steal. I do think it's OK to copy, because the person I "stole" from still has his/her original. Property laws exist because property

I don't think it's OK to steal. I do think it's OK to copy, because the person I "stole" from still has his/her original. Property laws exist because property is scarce. But if I copy your idea or your data, all I'm doing is wiring the neurons in my brain in the same fashion as yours, or arranging the bits on my own computer in the same order as yours. "Intellectual property" is a contradiction in terms. I'm open to arguments that there might still be reasons it shouldn't be OK, but arguments from property rights or analogies to theft just don't work.