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by sksksk 2279 days ago
To me, stealing implies depriving someone of something.

If I take your car, you don't have a car anymore.

If I make a copy of your movie, you still have that movie.

Arguably, you're being deprived of the money from the sale of the movie, but there are already other terms that can be used (piracy, copyright infringement).

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> Arguably, you're being deprived of the money from the sale of the movie

And that's only wishy washy wish-I-had-money, nothing real. (And even that isn't really the case since sale and piracy are not mutually exclusive)