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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I have another one for you: I took that file showing the details of that great invention of yours and made a copy. No problem, you still have your copy -- no theft, right?
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No theft, right.
It can be a lot of other things, from privacy violation, to plagiarism, to patent infringement to a lot of other things, but not theft (unless you stole a CD-ROM of mine: that's theft!).
A killer steals life, but he commits murder, not theft.
A raper steals pleasure and virginity, but he commits rape and assault, not theft.
A pedophile steals innocence, but he does not commit theft.
A goon steals beauty, but he's no thief.
A kindapper steals people, will he be tried for theft?
No way.
To call those acts "theft" is just plain wrong.