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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 4683331" data-attributes="member: 1003">The form of ownership should not effect moral choices, as corporations are ultimately owned by people. If an artist forms a corporation for tax purposes, and assigns all his work to the corporation, do you still feel no obligation to respect the copyright merely because of the legal ownership structure?Corporations (and trusts, partnerships, etc.) are just a conduit for property rights, not a destination. They ultimately lead back to the people that own them. Actions that harm corporations harm their owners.EDIT: I should note, to avoid confusion, that whether or not you consider IP theft to be harmful is a separate issue. All I'm saying is that if you respect IP when it's held by an individual (in order to avoid harming a person) you must also respect IP when it's held by a legal entity (in order to avoid harming its owners, who are after all people too).</blockquote>