The purpose of the question was to determine if it would be acceptable practice for a Christian.
We can continue to debate the semantics, but the OP was to determine its morality.
Well if that is true, then I agree with you in regards to its immorality.
And I'd still call it "stealing" because it is still making an acquisition without making the required payment. There is nothing new about the fact that nothing tangible was taken--duplicating devices have been available for a century, and making an unauthorized duplicate in order to avoid paying the required price has always been considered stealing.
I guess the stealing/not stealing discussion is kind of over, but I'll reply anyways. Even though "making an unauthorized duplicate in order to avoid paying the required price has always been considered stealing" could be true (though I have my doubts), looking at what is happening at the computing level indicates that there is no stealing going on. In the same way that you could copy a music file between two of your own computers, you are simply copying a file from someone else's computer, and they retain their copy. Stealing is to "take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a habitual or regular practice", but no property is being taken, the other person retains their property; it is just a violation of copyright law.
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