====== Even with 5,100 hours of flight time being logged, the eyes in the sky contributed to only 2,300 apprehensions.... An apprehension for every half-hour of flight time is a pretty good ratio ======
Except, that works out to one apprehension for every two hours of flight, or about 24,000 USD per apprehension.
He's right in a sense. You "purchase" not a CD but a permission to use the CD. The real question is: How much resources should be expended by law enforcement to find and punish people who trespass said "bought permission"? Given the permission being sold, I say not much.
It's more like the clothing store saying: I don't sell socks, I sell permissions to use socks. If you plan to use your socks with shoes that's a whole other permission. That permission is sold separately.