> Taxpayers fund my research, so can they just break in and steal "information" (code, plots, draft of papers, etc). They should be allowed to make copies of i

> Taxpayers fund my research, so can they just break in and steal "information" (code, plots, draft of papers, etc). They should be allowed to make copies of it (in which case it isn't theft). They should not be allowed to deprive you of your copies of the information.