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No, it has both of those components. When you pirate a book, you deprive the author of the money that he/she deserves. ie, the money that the author has a right to own.
Just because people think it is prettier to say piracy is not theft because you are not taking a physical book, you are still taking money from the author. That is theft. You are depriving the author of something that he/she has a right to.
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