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Originally Posted by HarryT
So, by your argument, "identity theft" is not "theft", because the original owner of the identity still has it? 
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Absolutely. Identity "theft" makes about just as much (well, little, really) sense.
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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).
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Do tell? Article 12 concerns the "Right of Adaptation, Arrangement and Other Alteration", if I'm not mistaken. Here's the
full text of the treaty. I didn't find piracy mentioned anywhere, perhaps you could be more specific?