Most people would agree that profiting off somebody else&#x27;s labor without their permission and without remuneration is wrong, and hence it is correct that it is unlawful. I see no incoherence in this particular case.<p>Unfortunately, to many on HN, when people freely take the information created by content creators it&#x27;s &quot;disruption of outdated business models&quot;, but when the NSA freely takes their own information it&#x27;s an &quot;invasion of privacy&quot;. They simply don&#x27;t realize that everybody would like to control the spread of information that is significant to themselves. This is why certain laws exist, yet they denounce some laws (such as copyright) as &quot;wrong&quot;. The cognitive dissonance is astounding.