Yes stealing is not the right word. I always think its odd - the one thing, really the only one thing that computers do really really well, flawlessly, better

Yes stealing is not the right word. I always think its odd - the one thing, really the only one thing that computers do really really well, flawlessly, better then any other tech in history is copy information without error. And yet the primary business model of successful software is (or was) charging people for the copying of those bits (allowing, rightly so, the creators of those bits to get paid for the content creation). I am not saying its wrong, not at all, it just feels like a kind of arbitrage, and can't last. Well I guess that's one business reason why software is increasingly moving online. I guess the same is true of any content creator. I am happy to pay for content and software, and do, but kids these days....