What is stolen is the intellectual property. It is being taken without being paid for. It's not "diminishing" the capacity to make money, it does not allow the creator any capacity to make money on that particular copy, it is simply taken (put onto someone's computer, Ipod, or cd) and not paid for.

It is not "theft" in the normative use. It is, however, taking something one has no right to...a copy of someone's creation.

Now, do I think it is a serious offense? No. So if folks don't mind it, maybe it's something like taking a ball point pen from a business or bringing home some envelopes from the office. Some businesses don't mind and actually expect it, others do mind and can get pretty upset. It's like that.


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