No matter how much propaganda has told you otherwise, copyright violation is not theft. Theft involves a physical loss by the victim. After a theft, the victim

No matter how much propaganda has told you otherwise, copyright violation is not theft. Theft involves a physical loss by the victim. After a theft, the victim no longer has the stolen property. Would you consider it theft if someone looked at your car, and built an exact copy 1,000 miles away? Of course not! You still have your car.