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Originally Posted by Nate the great
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.
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You most certainly have. You've taken ownership of something that you have no right to. That is theft, no matter which way you slice.