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Old 01-22-2012, 08:44 AM  
raymor
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The law defines many different kinds of theft. The court ruled that in that particular case, the specific type of copyright infringement that defendant commited didn't fall under "simple theft" as defined by that particular statute.

A dictionary definition of theft:
1. To take wrongfully.

If you take some work you don't have permission to take, you're taking wrongfully. Therefore that's theft under the dictionary definition.
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