[tmerc]

Ways to prevent someone from extracting value out of their work that are clearly not theft:

- murder

- kidnapping

- ddosing their site so they can't sell things

- carpet bombing their reviews with 1 star

- filing an injunction blocking the sale of their product on bogus ip claims (aka copyright trolling)

- gaslighting them to the point where they think the idea is worthless

- being the owner of IP that prevents them from selling their IP

Probably others but I think that's enough to show your definition is wrong.

[JohnLocke4]

All theft is preventing people from getting value out of their work, but not all preventing people from getting value out of their work is theft.

I'm not trying to make a definition, just trying to convey my opinion. I suggest we discuss our opinions rather than trying to codify English