SOPA

[Sanae]

No, I read it, Yuri is trying to rationalize how copyright infringement isnt stealing and it is, by law and by common sense.

By law? Yes. By common sense? Not really.

I copy a piece of software or a song or whathaveyou, and that is "theft" under the law. Yet the people who made the software are no poorer from this (barring the hypothetical me buying it, or the current me not just buying it after deciding the producers and developers are worth supporting), where victims of actual theft are.

Its a bit different from actually busting into someone's house and stealing their things. If I invented a copy-ray, would it be "theft" for me to copy your car and then drive away with it, just as much as if I had just stolen it outright? (Not advocating piracy btw, but copyright is a rather nonsensical concept).