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I agree with you on the legal definition of theft.

I meant theft in the normal way it's used in the language - as taking/copying something that doesn't belong to you.

However, you're absolutely right that counterfeiting/copyright infringement is not theft in the legal sense.

Even in the 'normal way' theft is not the same as taking something or copying something. Maybe a lot of interpretations of taking/copying are labelled theft; it does not mean the term theft is used correctly. In this case, I would argue that theft is pretty much equivalent to the legal definition.

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