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Originally Posted by HansTWN
So while the word theft is not exactly right (if you closely follow the definition), theft is appropriate in that it has a strong, negative meaning. Nobody wants to be called a thief. If everybody used the word theft, I am sure that a lot more casual downloaders would think twice -- and that would be a very good thing. And whatever word is being used to describe the act of illegally downloading copyrighted material, it must be a word that clearly implies wrongdoing.
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I would argue that calling it "theft" has done a lot more harm than good. People just make fun of it on Youtube, and those end up being watched more often than the official message. Humour gets points across a lot better than po-faced preaching. And wildly exagerated claims are ripe for poking fun at.