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Originally Posted by Rbneader
Whether ideas can be stolen is very controversial philosophically and legally. The legal end often seems to be decided by practical considerations, especially if we include who can pay the most effective lawyers and lobbyists as one of the practical aspects those decisions are influenced by. Philosophically different systems of though have radically different takes.
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Ideas indeed cannot be protected, but a book is not an "idea" any more than a chair or a house are ideas. All are concrete expressions of ideas, and that process of physical instantiation grants them legal protection.