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Originally Posted by _wtf_
Yet in your reply you mention copyright theft, I'm assuning a typo and correcting it, even though there is no such thing in UK or even US law as 'copyright theft' because that would obviously make it a criminal not civil case. Even though I point out that distinction in my reply to your question on how many 92 year olds I'm aware of that know this you still use an incorrect term that's perpetuated by the media industry. The point I'm trying to make is ordinary people don't understand copyright law and simply regurgitate terms the copyright owners want you to.
Wish you had answered my question.
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Semantics.If you make off with my art work without paying me it is theft. Just because it is in digital form makes it no less a crime.Stealing flowers from my front garden is theft,stealing,nicking taking my intellectual property without permission is theft,stealing,nicking. You can use all the examples,situations and clarifications of the law as you like...artists will still regard what you do in not paying for what you have downloaded of their intellectual property as theft.