Words have commonly accepted definitions, and copyright or contract violation simply does not fall under theft. "I think it's bad, theft is bad, therefore, it's theft" just is an incoherent argument. Just as not hiring you is not murder, even if it in the end were to somehow contribute to you dying.
It's really not that difficult, you can simply look up what these terms mean instead of inventing your own definitions. "Depriving someone of money" is not the definition of theft. And it not only isn't, it would be a braindead definition if it were. Suddenly, buying from your competitor would be theft. Accidentally dropping your dishes would be theft. Pretty much everything would be theft under that definition.
And not dropping them would be, as well!
Technically, you still haven't committed theft, since the intent must be present at the time of the taking.
OTOH, in practical terms (aside from the fact that its still a crime either way), the fact that you did keep it is something that a prosecutor will often have very little trouble convincing a jury is clear evidence that you intended to keep it when you took it.
> It's a copy, and you did not intend to buy it anyway so it's all right
Criminal conversion (in the general case) or joyriding (sometimes a separate offense in the automotive case) is not "all right"; just because it is a different criminal offense than (general or auto) theft, its still a crime, which is kind of the opposite of "all right" from the perspective of the legal system.
WTF?
"It's not theft, therefore it's alright" ... where did you pick up that logic?
Except you're not actually being sued by the manufacturer either, you're actually being sued by the manufacturer's delivery company.
Well, sure, that would be joyriding rather than vehicular theft. Still a crime. [0]
[0] http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federal...
Copyright infringement without breach of contract is more like people stealing the Transmit logo https://panic.com/extras/ripoff/
So, no, actually, whatever you do with that book or dvd, if you paid the price you agreed to, you almost always can do with it whatever you like, unless it is illegal. But just as using a chainsaw you bought and paid for to murder someone is not a breach of contract, so is not copying a book you bought.
And in any case, a breach of contract is not theft. It's a breach of contract. That's why we have a separate term for it. Just as destruction of property is not theft. It's destruction of property.
Plus, if you download an unauthorized copy somewhere, you most likely don't have a contract with anyone regarding the thing that you are downloading, so you could not possibly be in violation of the terms of that non-existent contract.
Yes! And breach of contract is not theft.
Calling copyright infringement "stealing" is not much different then calling it "theft".
In case of movies, i didn't hire anyone to create the movie. Also, i would never buy that movie so they lost nothing.