belongs to him to the extent that he is entitled to derive reasonable profit from his labour. Consequently the law of patent rights and copyright is just...
reasonable profitSaying that laws of patent and copyrights are just is not the same as saying infringing the letter of the law is a violation of the Commandments.
Catholics are supposed to pay their taxes too, yet St. Alphonsus permits that Catholics may refrain from the full amount when taxes are oppressive.
Is such a person a "thief" - taking the government's property, by keeping what is theirs?
Copying something is not taking possession of someone else's property.
It certainly isn't just when drug companies charge extortionate prices for their drugs on the basis of patent law.
Are you saying someone who buys drugs from overseas is then breaking the Seventh Commandment?
Ridiculous.
Anyone who defends the current scope of these laws protectiong Jєωιѕн monopolies is suffering from scruples.