Odd. If anyone took a merchant’s stuff and openly tried to walk away without paying, there would be an expectation of immediate government intervention. Likewise copyright, trademark, patents, anti-hacking products you own laws, protectionist trade barriers against generic drugs. Lots and lots of those regulations.
It always seems to be the regulations that protect the little guy from products that are dangerous or don’t work as promised that somehow impede the mythical free market.
