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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Theft requires a tangible object to be stolen, the chief difference being that the original owner no longer has it.
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So, by your argument, "identity theft" is not "theft", because the original owner of the identity still has it?
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Oh, and according to the law books "piracy" is an act of violence committed on the high seas, but that ship has probably sailed.)
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You should tell that to the people who drafted the 1886 International Berne Copyright Convention. They were happy to use the term "piracy" (see Article 12 of the Convention).