Well, what we were talking about was free downloading, which I said was analogous to stealing. You replied by saying, no, it's not analagous to stealing, it's more analogous to fraud.
Granted, the scenario you subsequently laid out -- passing off another's copyrighted work as one's own -- is analogous to fraud. But we were talking about downloading.
Anyway, enough on the semantics stuff. We both know where the other is coming from here. If the word "stealing" is going to get in the way of discussion, I won't use it; I'm not that invested in the word.
The bottom line: You don't have to profit off my copyrighted work to be guilty of infringement.
what is your opinion of FR's unauthorized reproduction of news articles?
That it is wrong. I've argued vehemently against the practice, elsewhere in the forum.