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It is worth noting that he repeatedly used words like "stealing" and "theft" while outraged and those words have strong legal connotations. That at least suggests (but, to be clear, does not prove) that he thinks there should be some sort of relevant legal protection.

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Stealing and theft is often used to refer to things that are not stealing or theft in the legal sense. This is especially prevalent when talking about ideas and designs. The speakers usually do not want laws to change, they don't want to sue.

You cannot take the use of such words alone as an indication. That just makes no sense. Stealing and theft aren’t legal terms, not first and foremost. They only happen to also refer to legal concepts.

No irony nowhere.

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