Comment by matheusmoreira

The proper legal term is copyright infringement. Robbery and theft cover real property, not intellectual property.

"Common usages" of a word are irrelevant. We can't discuss legal concepts without precise terminology. Only the correct words and their precise meanings matter.

Equation of copyright infringement to theft and piracy is propaganda. People do this deliberately in order to draw on the negative connotations of the words. Good faith cannot be assumed if people insist on using these words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement

> Theft, meanwhile, emphasizes the potential commercial harm of infringement to copyright holders.

> However, copyright is a type of intellectual property, an area of law distinct from that which covers robbery or theft, offenses related only to tangible property.

> Not all copyright infringement results in commercial loss

> the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1985 that infringement does not easily equate with theft

> Judge Kathleen M. Williams granted a motion to deny the MPAA the usage of words whose appearance was primarily "pejorative"

> This list included the word "piracy", the use of which, the motion by the defense stated, serves no court purpose but to misguide and inflame the jury