I think the legal sector could really benefit from the application of those principles.
Well, they say that illegal downloading is killing the movie industry, so I don't see why they don't go the whole hog and call it murder.
Here is a short and interesting article on the infingement-theft issue: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1120585
I think the legal sector could really benefit from the application of those principles.