@ratfox
"Maybe copyright infringement is not technically theft, but it is still illegal, and the word most closely describing the activity is theft."
"Technically", it is theft, but not larceny - for the millionth time (sigh) the works are not stolen, the "copyright" is. Again, copyright is not a natural property right, nor is copyright law the protection of a tangible asset. It is an implicit contract between the state and the creator to help the creator obtain reward for his works. "Copyright infringement" is also not "technically" illegal. It is "technically" unlawful with regard to the civil code in most juristictions, though.
Criminalising ordinary people for what are actually civil offences, removing *much* more important rights (like privacy and freedom from arbitary search and seizure for example) in order to protect the business model of a cartel is orders of magnitude more dangerous and immoral than copyright theft - it is (among other things) used as leverage to precipitate total surveillence of the population by the state and business interests. If only artists et. al. could see where the real criminals are.
Yes, I'm an artist. I know which side my bread is really buttered on, though.
Paris, because as you know copyright subsists in her video, and obviously anyone that looked at it is a filthy criminal paedophile terrorist thief freetard who deserves to be locked up. </sarkybastard>