My initial reply was unconstructive because I couldn't think of coherent response at the moment so I threw absurdity at absurdity. Here is a hopefully more con

My initial reply was unconstructive because I couldn't think of coherent response at the moment so I threw absurdity at absurdity. Here is a hopefully more constructive critique. If piracy is theft. Then I have a linguistic problem. If a thief steals my bike I lost my bike. If, in your view, it is also okay to say "a thief stole my content" then I suddenly lack the vocabulary to differentiate between the two. Even though the consequences in the first case are physical, measurable, immediate. And in the latter they are hypothetical, not measurable, and spread out over an indeterminate amount of time. So before a discussion can even take place, we need more words.