I really don't understand this idea of "if you don't protect then it I have a right to invade it". Where does that line of thinking come from? There is no precedent for it in any other legal sense.

It's the same sort of thinking regarding digital media: "If it's digital then I shouldn't have to pay for it".

Theft of soft ware and services is still theft, no matter how one rationalizes it. It's really sad to me that somehow increasing numbers of people believe they have an automatic right to something simply because it's within their grasp.