Have you ever stolen a video game?

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mjk45 said:

What do you mean if pirating counts of cause it counts it's theft , the media and games company's should substitute piracy and pirates with the word theft and  thieves every chance they get because unfortunately the words pirate /piracy has become romanticized .

Of course it isn't.

First you don't remove physical copy from someones possession but duplicate virtual item.

Second which comes from first - there's no direct loss but only a loss of potential sale.

 

Hence why all goverments are categorizing it as copyright infigment and not theft.