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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
I'm not sure which definition of theft you mean as the "traditional" one - at common law theft involved unauthorized taking and asportation of personal property (which I think had to be tangible) with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the item's value.
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Exactly.
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But I don't know any jurisdictions that use that definition now.
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Lots of them, including mine (I am from a civil law country). Let's keep it at that.
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And there may well be jurisdictions where "criminal copyright infringement" would not be theft.
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No kidding. EOD.