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Originally Posted by carld
It's taking and using something that does not belong to you and which you have no right to, and you're doing it to the financial detriment of the property owner. It doesn't matter if it's intellectual property or physical property, it's still theft.
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In copying a file I've "taken" nothing. The person who has the rights to the file (its owner) still has it. I may have violated his copyright, but so long as he has the original nothing has been "taken"
becuase he still has it.
There is also a flaw in your statement. Making a copy does not steal the intellectual property. The IP is not each individual copy, it is a government granted monopoly on copying and distribution. I cannot steal the IP by making a copy; I can only steal it by using some underhanded manner to get myself registered as the owner of the copyright.