These are two separate issues. They have only become confused because the MPAA/RIAA insists on referring to piracy as 'copyright theft' when it is not. Plagiari

These are two separate issues. They have only become confused because the MPAA/RIAA insists on referring to piracy as 'copyright theft' when it is not. Plagiarism and copyright theft (in the real, classic, sense) has always been a criminal offense.