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I agree with the above post. Theft is an ethical issue and copyright a legal term. Ethics are a very personal thing.
So lets separate it. Start with ethics. Start by defining terms. Pointless to argue if a thing is theft if we have yet to decide what theft is. My definition of theft comes from Tibetan Buddhism. Theft is taking that which is not offered. Clever arguments can and are wrapped around this but I think the intention is pretty clear.
To argue what is theft versus copyright will get real complicated as different countries have different legal definitions.
Of the two, legal and ethical, I pay more attention to ethical. I have lived under many laws that were fundamentally unethical. If the law allows me to do something that my ethics say I should not do I will follow my ethics.
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