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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The word thief is not "extravagant," nor does it enhance anyone's case. It's a simple word, and it doesn't spark any more emotion (in my opinion) than "cheater" or "illegal downloader" or "pirate." They are all morally and emotionally equivalent. I understand the technical beef with using "thief" (though I still find that particular beef to be overly semantic and dogmatic), but find it completely baffling that someone would object to the use of the word thief based solely on the notion that it's somehow more emotionally charged than other synonymous descriptors that people have mentioned as substitutes.
Everyone here seems to have pretty much agreed that its "wrong," and that people shouldn't do it. So I fail to see why some wish to attach a label to it that somehow carries less (or no) moral stigma.
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Whether it is emotive or not I think has been well thrashed over and I am not interested in furthering any general argument on the matter.
But it is the case that I can regard the word in whatever light I care for, and that I make a point of using it in the correct legal sense when discussing matters to do with the law (so that includes copyright legislation). You are welcome to use the word in as loose terms as you want.