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Originally Posted by ekaser
And you're just playing games with semantics to fit your own purposes. Whether you call 'theft' or 'copyright infringement', the end is the same: you're using someone else's PROPERTY without their consent.
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It's not property (not the way you're thinking about it). That's where the difference is and why the semantics are important. Theft and copyright infringement are two completely different things with completely different effects. We've had this conversation about a billion times before on here though, probably not much use in having it again.
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Following your philosophy, sneaking in the back door of a concert hall and listening to a concert without paying for it is harming no one and is not a crime.
Following your philosophy, using lock-picks to unlock a vacation rental, staying there for a few days, and then leaving without paying is harming no one and is not a crime.
Following your philosophy, sneaking into a rival's research and development lab and taking photographs of their recent invention developments is not a crime (you haven't stolen anything, after all!)
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All three examples illustrate exactly why you are confused about theft vs copyright infringement. All 3 are breaking laws, but not the ones you're thinking of. In each example above, the person would be charged with physical breaking and entering, and probably tresspassing. That has nothing to do with whether or not they harmed anyone or had access to IP without paying for it.
Intellectual property and physical property are completely different things. You can not draw an analogy between them. Trying to do so is just confusing you.