[Hajman]

Look for the definition of "theft" in the dictionary some time.

I have. It's removing a goods/item or service from the owner (in the case of IP, removal can be infered via claiming the IP itself is your own). That's not what's happening here. You're trying to apply 'theft' to a situation which doesn't meet the requirements of theft. No goods/items or services have been removed from the owner. No IP property has been removed (or implicitely removed via claim of ownership of said IP). Can't call a vehicle a car if it has a sail, rudder, outboard motor, and doesn't move on roads. And you can't call copying 'theft' if it doesn't remove the property from the owner in some way.

-The Hajman-

[BOBWADE]

I guess every college student that uses the library for reference material and refers to the material in their college papers is stealing as well? They are taking quotes and content from copyrighted material without once ever paying for it. Better throw these students in jail!