You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
"A person is guilty of theft, if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it." (English Theft Act 1968 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft)
"Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author as provided in section 106A(a), or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer of the copyright or right of the author, " http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
"A person is guilty of theft, if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it." (English Theft Act 1968 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft)
"Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106 through 122 or of the author as provided in section 106A(a), or who imports copies or phonorecords into the United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer of the copyright or right of the author, " http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html
"copyright infringement" != "theft"
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