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"Unauthorised duplication is not theft."
This requires further discussion. Technically, unauthorised duplication *is* illegal. Whether or not it is theft, or some other crime can be debated, but copyright law is pretty clear here until fair use comes into the picture.
Can we change that to say "Unauthorized redistribution is theft"? As a blanket statement, no, because first-sale doctrine permits us to sell, give away or loan our CDs, DVD, books, et al.
But the key is the redistribution of unauthorized copies. I think you have to have those two things together to have theft, and I do believe that calling that act theft is vaild.
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