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In the case Dowling v. United States (1985), lawyers maintained that while copyright infringement had indeed occurred, the bootleg records with which the case was concerned were not "stolen, converted or taken by fraud." Then again, Congress seems to like the word "theft"; as in "The Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999" and the "No Electronic Theft Act of 1997".
Me, even though my grandfather was a lawyer and knew all the fine nuances between burglary, larceny, theft, and copyright infringement; I'm a simple fellow. In my book, a fellow who takes something what ain't his is a thief. And thieving ain't right.
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