How to copy images between folders?

Hi,
Overall, I really like Lightroom, but there's one thing that's bugging me to no end. I work with a lot images, where I need real physical copies of an image on several locations on the disk (workflow reasons, automatic backup, publishing etc).
It's a very common and recurring task I perform, so I just want to be able to do it with drag-and-drop. As of now, I either have to export the images or do multiple imports of the same files to overcome this obstacle, which is extremely tedious.
I have tried every imaginable way to perform this extremely simple and, to me, vital function in a DAM tool, and I just can't find how to do it.
In any other application, and even the sub-par Finder on a Mac, it's just to hold down the Alt key when dragging an image to another folder, and automatically a true copy is being created.
I even tried the beta of Lightroom 2, and this still isn't in there!
Please, tell me I'm missing something obvious, or is it really true that this feature doesn't exist in Lightroom?
I'm using Lightroom 1.4.1 in Mac OS X.
Best regards,
Robert Nyman

p6889k,
To copy them out, you simply drag and drop them to your desired destination, which will copy them there.
Rob Sylvan,
Yes, exporting originals is an option, but a bit overkill and annoying to use, since drag-and-copy is by far the easiest way.
> Lightroom is not a file browser
I just can't see why it can't act as a file browser as well as its other features? Meaning, if exporting to another folder works (and in version 2 it even has the option "Add the Exported Photo to the Lightroom Catalog"), why not support drag-and-copy?
I think refusing to implement this feature by Adobe, even though A LOT of people has been asking for it online, is just narrow-minded.
As a software distributor, you have two options:
1. Adapt your software to the end user's needs and wants.
2. Try and force your end users to learn how the application vendor wants the program to be used, instead of implementing what people want.
History has shown that option 2 is always failing in the long run.
Therefore, Adobe, PLEASE, make sure it's possible to copy files in Lightroom for those of us who wants it.
Best regards,
Robert

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