It is Corosive to one’s Character to Steal

So said Steve Jobs in a recent Rolling Stone interview, in which he says some of the smartest things I’ve seen anywhere about copyright. According to Steve Jobs:

If copyright dies, if patents die, if the protection of intellectual property is eroded, then people will stop investing. That hurts everyone. People need to have the incentive that if they invest and succeed, they can make a fair profit. Otherwise they’ll stop investing. But on another level entirely, it’s just wrong to steal. Or, let’s put it another way: it is corrosive to one’s character to steal.