Originally Posted by halfpint

According to pirates when they download content and proffit from it, it is not theft as the content owner still has the original file, They have not taken anything, all they have done is copied the file from a source.
They also say its different to walking into somebodys shop and stealing, because a theif will actually take some thing from the owner which he no longer has, after the thief has taken it, to them that is theft and not taking a copy from somebody elses work. Thieves and Pirates are different apparently