Originally Posted by gideongallery

because quite simply piracy is not theft.

when you take a tv out of a store, the store loses possession of the tv
when i make a copy and give it to some one else the original is still in possession of the original owner

that the point, the fundamental difference, copyright infringement is a FRAUD (claiming you have using rights when you do not) not theft.

The only reason copyright lobbies are like the RIAA are trying to reclassify it as theft is because they want to ignore fair use (the copyright granted right to use the content )

They want to argue that if you don't have permission from the copyright holder you never have permission at all, which is absolutely not true, all fair use is authorized even if the copyright holder doesn't want it to be.