Piracy is theft. In this day in age, Piracy is the theft of Intellectual Property.
How is that theft?
Most likely, people who don't feel/view/etc that Piracy is theft, likely have neither been in College, nor have they created anything in the modern, digital era.
In the former example: Plagiarism is regarded as Illegal.
Plagiarism
an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author:
It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne.
Synonyms: appropriation, infringement,
piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
2.
a piece of writing or other work reflecting such unauthorized use or imitation:
If you're in college and you willfully and knowingly Plagiarize, you can have many different repercussions:
like these.
You can see the above bolded is 'Piracy'. Stealing Blizzard's Intellectual Property, however old, is considered Piracy and thus, theft.
Definition of
piracy
plural piracies
1 : an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery
2 : robbery on the high seas
3 a :
the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright
b : the illicit accessing of broadcast signals
If you drew something and posted it on DeviantArt, Tumblr, Furaffinity, whatever (and you even watermarked it), then you (or a friend) stumbled over your very own work of art, that someone else is taking credit for (even going as far as removing the watermark), are you saying you'd be ok with it?
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Wrong.
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