I've always sat on the fence with this. One interesting point that was made was that if people keep calling it theft attitudes may change - or maybe it would s

I've always sat on the fence with this. One interesting point that was made was that if people keep calling it theft attitudes may change - or maybe it would simply pave the way to making it a criminal offence. Ultimately how I always feel is this; if someone is pirating your work then I don't mind if you call them a thief (in anger or whatever). But if you're not one of those people then it's a weasel word to be using.