>“While digital piracy does not constitute theft in the strict sense defined under common law” >“That should help you understand how its still a kind of theft.”

it’s not theft, but it is? i know it’s a crime, but not all crimes are theft. unless you want to define all crimes as theft.

is murder a kind of theft, because you’re taking someone’s life? is kidnapping a kind theft, because you’re taking a person?

it’s not theft. it’s a different crime. just like pterosaurs and dinosaurs are different groups of animals.