Can we please stop with the mental gymnastics? Taking something without permission that doesn't belong to you is stealing. It may be justified stealing but it's still stealing.
Monks used to write books out by hand. If you were to go to a monastery, and copy a book line by line, you will have taken nothing at all. Nothing will be lost.
It's not taking, it's not stealing. It's just making a copy. You are the one doing gymnastics.
Nothing is lost from copying.
It's stealing. You're taking something from the owner without permission. Just stop with the mental gymnastics.