1. Some people want that, with good reason.

2. There's incredible value in what they stole.

3. IANAL, but I don't believe "but now everyone can write like a terrible version of the writer we fleeced" is a valid legal defense.

> stole

Copying is not theft.

AFAICT it is if you're not a trillion dollar company.

https://youtu.be/ALZZx1xmAzg?si=ugquA7uKT3ABGdws