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Originally Posted by gideongallery
he is making an assertion without a foundation of proof JUST LIKE YOU WERE.
Copyright infringement is not theft because it does not deny you possession of the property, which means it does not meet the minimum requirements to be classified as theft
It is closer to "fraud" , in that you are cheating someone out of the rightful revenue by misrepresenting yourself to have a right you do not have.
But there is the rub, if you actually have bought or were given the right to view/listen to/ install etc you CAN'T be guilty of fraudlently misrepresenting "yourself to have a right to view/listen to/install etc"
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According to my dictionary stealing is defined as: "In the criminal law, theft (also known as stealing) is the illegal taking of another person's property without that person's freely-given consent." Does this not extend to intellectual property? Sure if you download a CD without permission the band may still be in physical possession of the CD, but you have stolen their intellectual property without their permission and without payment. That is stealing which is another word for theft.