While it can be argued that legally copyright infringement is not theft that is the term that matches most of the impact but I think the idea mentioned earlier that this is really forgery captures the idea better.
All those who argue that copyright stealing is ok can use the same exact arguments that stealing someone identity is also ok for the same reasons. Using someones credit card number does not deny them the credit card which they still have. Sometimes we don't have the technically correct words in our language to define some illegal actions but that doesn't make the actions ok.
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