Actually I believe the correct legal term is "copyright infringement". The use of the word "theft" is just propaganda from the record companies to make it sound more evil. There is no way that file sharing could be legally classed as "theft" under current law (in the UK, and presumably in the US as well) as it does not involve depriving anybody of material possessions.
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Actually I believe the correct legal term is "copyright infringement". The use of the word "theft" is just propaganda from the record companies to make it sound more evil. There is no way that file sharing could be legally classed as "theft" under current law (in the UK, and presumably in the US as well) as it does not involve depriving anybody of material possessions.