> What does the ease of copying have to do with the moral justification for protecting something? Creating a new book certainly isn't an act that happens in a f

> What does the ease of copying have to do with the moral justification for protecting something? Creating a new book certainly isn't an act that happens in a few milliseconds. He/She was asserting it as the moral equivalent. Taking someone's land involves deprivation, passive copying of a book etc doesn't imply that in all/most cases.