Exactly. Copyright infringement (a.k.a. pirating) is not theft. The owner is only deprived of a theoretical revenue/leverage/whatever (s)he could have exerced,

Exactly. Copyright infringement (a.k.a. pirating) is not theft. The owner is only deprived of a theoretical revenue/leverage/whatever (s)he could have exerced, but (s)he can still enjoy its original work.