Originally Posted by
memebag
I'm not making that assumption. I'm saying the person who copies IP without permission gains the benefit of its use without paying for that benefit. They may never have paid for it, but neither would they have received the benefit.
Here's an introduction to the laws that cover theft of IP:
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-libra...rty-theft.html
You'll notice that if you read the article, every example given involved a person using copyrighted content for personal profit. I don't have an issue labeling that as theft.
But we need to make a distinction between enriching ones self, and being able to listen to a song you weren't planning on buying anyway. One is a victimless 'crime' and one is not.