[thiht]

Let’s consider piracy as digital trespassing then

[mjevans]

Not the same thing at all. The digital equivalent to trespass is unauthorized access to secured locations / resources like servers.

[thiht]

Counterfeit then maybe?

[mjevans]

IRL it'd be more like what monks used to do, copy books by hand. Only today we have machines that copy books by idiot savant automation at speeds our ancestors would call magic.

Further, none of the physical resources 'of the owner' are being consumed past whomever first liberated the data. Hopefully obtained as an otherwise legitimate purchase / rental / access. A copy of a copy...