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Originally Posted by wgrimm
How would this be a proper comparison at all? He is living in a place, using facilities, and that costs money. Electric and gas cost money. He is invading privacy, and that has resulted in damages being awarded in many court cases. If he doesn't clean up after himself, he is costing money. The squatter is indeed causing a loss.
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Who said he was using facilities? Who said he was using electricity or gas? Maybe he's just sitting quietly in the corner.
And you certainly can't fall back on the "right" to privacy. That's an even more nebulous legal fiction than copyright. As long as the squatter incurs no additional costs to the homeowner, it is exactly the same thing: making use of something without permission while not costing the homeowner anything.