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by PeterisP 3886 days ago
There are all kinds of violations that are not stealing.

If I point a gun to your face and take your money, that's a law being broken, but taking that money is not stealing, it's robbery.

If I threaten to expose some dirty secrets and demand money or things from you, that's blackmail but not stealing.

If I take your textual content and re-publish it under my own name, then that's an infringing use but again, not stealing.