You still don't get it. Thats not the case. They are refered to  as two different things because thats simply what they are. Its been pointed out again and again. In one instance, some one is out something, in other instance no one is out anything. There is more than a legal snafu, its two different terms to decribe two different things.

In the UK you don't even need to take someone's property to be guilty of theft. The Theft Act 1968 also allows for the appropriation of another person's rights of title to be theft in a legal sense. This was illustrated by a famous case where a woman was convicted of theft for putting false price tags on items in a shop; the right to price the goods as they saw fit was a right of title belonging to the shop in their capacity as owners.

Not sure if the US has anything similar.

You're trying to change the definition of theft to include things that are not thefts. Theft in the sense we are using it is a legal term as theft is a crime, what is considered theft by the law is what theft is.

So this is a "Superchunk is right, the rest of the world and it's laws are wrong" thread?

^Pretty much, lol.

No.  Because there is none. 

All you are argueing is difficulty.

It's more difficult to paint a perfect copy of the Mona Lisa then it is to zap it with a clone gun.

However there is no actual difference there.

You are proving my point.  "It's illegal cause it's easy."

When you copy something you are creating entirely new code.  It's a copy.  Just like the fake mona lisa or battle boats is a copy.  It's just a well made copy.

It's like argueing that milkshake machines should be illegal because it's easier to make a milkshake that way then the old hard way.

It all depends on the company and game.
If it's a yearly thing like madden or whatever, it's fine to pirate it IMO. Instead of being 60$ release, they could easily be roster updates and patches for the previous year.
Or if it's a game where the company used false advertising, the game had offensive marketing, or even if the game was an outright scam/ripoff (rock revolution at full price, lol)

For companies all I can say is EA and maxis. EA is evil, and Maxis screwed gamers over with securom and just the shallowness of spore.
But even then, I don't pirate games myself. If I did though, it would be a temporary thing until I could buy the game, or for the reasons out of spite above.
I have "gotten some songs off of limewire" though. I mean, it's the same as buying a pre-owned CD. And you support the artists by radio anyhow Well, that's rickity justification on that one, but I really think 1$ per 4 minutes of audio isn't very good.

^ I support my bands via live concerts.

I couldn't agree more with this statement.

The funniest are members who claim that pirating is taking food from game develepors mouths. Those poor lads hardly see any money from game sales. They get their pay, which may rise (or they get a promotion) depending of the success of the company(developer). The company takes the extra amount of the money the game earned them, which is again a small fraction of what the publisher puts in his pockets. And then again, that is a small fraction of what the games store puts in their pockets. Can you say unfair wealth/profit distribution?

Very much so, only it is actually worse with most musicians. The Mixers get paid more than the talent!