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rjason12 said:
potato_hamster said:

... again. Copying the file is not taking a file.

Taking money from someone's account is depriving that person of money. They no longer have something they once had. This is stealing. Copying a file on a hard drive is not depriving the owner from that file. They can still access this file as they please. It is not stealing, it is copyright infringement.

Nope, Still stealing. It's data you didn't pay for. You do not have the right to do anything to the data unless it is yours. Even though you are copying it, you're still taking a file without paying for it.

Nope. Still not stealing by any credible definition. Copyright infringement is illegal, which means copying a file you do not have a right to copy is a crime. It's just not stealing. Nothing is being taken. It is only being copied. These are not the same things.