Hello Jim. Sorry to hear about your experience, but my point was different. What I read in Ed's post is that he's telling other person that because he lives in an "area" or country that he doesn't like, he don't have the right to ask about protecting his code. Ed thinks in terms of "areas" or "world parts" and then extends his conclusions to individuals. We have a lot of software piracy in my country , but I buy all the software I use. Ed's comments tries to make all people in all countries he doesn't like thieves!.

Abou my concepts on Property Rights, I should say than I'm libertarian :-). I understand and agree with much about your post and Ed's post.