I'll keep you apprised of the ongoing developments.

Ok:

Why don't you just admit it. We're all douche bags. If someone calls you a douche bag just accept it as the truth and move on. Ok douchers?

That precedence was set back in 1985. A lot has changed in the pass 27 years and I'm willing to bet if someone takes a case to the Supreme Court it will probably overturn that precedence.

If it does, then the copyright industry's quest has succeeded. By clumping the terms 'theft', 'piracy', and 'copyright infringement' together, the (important) distinction is lost, and it is easier to convince people that copyright infringement is a serious crime (just as serious as stealing and cutting sailors' throats).

You can either join the bandwagon and support this false argument, or you can choose to use more precise language and refuse to accept the equation "copyright infringement === theft".

I think the word 'piraterij' has lost this meaning in modern Dutch entirely.

And for the record: I'm not saying copyright infringement is morally or legally OK. It's not. But saying it's the same as theft and sea robbery is not OK either.

You are not stealing. You are copying without consent, or you are refusing to pay what you're due (depending how you look at it). That's not stealing. If I take the bus without buying a ticket, I'm not stealing. If I refuse to pay a speeding ticket, I'm not stealing. If I sneak into a concert, I'm not stealing. Those are all illegal acts, but they are not the same as stealing.

Dario, how come you were able to search and find that damn photo ? I didn't even remember posting it, lawl !

A customer is one that uses a product, not only one that has paid for a product.

Your argument is circular: a person that uses a product illegally is not a customer (i.e. he has not paid for the product), because he is not a customer (i.e. because he has not paid for the product).

Oh please. Every time we have a discussion, I do my best to present the best arguments I can, and what I always get is that I am not able to hold a rational discussion...well, if you have counter arguments, please present them on the table, and stop throwing dirt. Otherwise, stop.

Exactly. It's 100% irrational to say that a user of something is not a customer of that something, since he/she obviously wants to use that something and so he/she does, albeit illegally.

Valid point, but it still doesn't make piracy legal.

Copyright infringement is theft. Anything that leads to less money in pocket than what one should have is theft.

Yes they have. Each time you watch a movie illegally, the company loses $15 or whatever it charges for the viewing.

Count me in Arthur ^^

A poet relates how "piracy" increases his book sales.

If everyone does that, they will. Your argument has merit because some people choose to pay instead of not paying.

But my definition of 'Customer' is exactly the same as yours. When you download a game and play it, you are the recipient of something, in this particular case, the game. So, you are obliged by the law to give something back. If you don't, you are a thief.

Let's see the Wikipedia definition of customer:

So, a user of a product that is sold for a price is a customer.

You forgot the part where you explain why your claim is correct.

Well speeding ticket and not paying isn't theft but you are jeopardizing your freedom and license privilege. Not paying gives them the right to put out a warrant for your arrest which could result in jail time, fine, and loss of license. The others could have theft charges brought to them.

Legal Definition of Theft:
A criminal act in which property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent.

Laymen's definition following it:
theft n. the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use (including potential sale). In many states, if the value of the property taken is low (for example, less than $500) the crime is "petty theft," but it is "grand theft" for larger amounts, designated misdemeanor, or felony, respectively. Theft is synonymous with "larceny." Although robbery (taking by force), burglary (taken by entering unlawfully), and embezzlement (stealing from an employer) are all commonly thought of as theft, they are distinguished by the means and methods used, and are separately designated as those types of crimes in criminal charges and statutory punishments

Simpler yet:
theft noun burglary, embezzlement, felonious taking, filchery, fraudulent taking, furtum, larceny, looting, misappropriation, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, robbery, stealing, swindling, thievery, wrongful taking
Associated concepts: theft of services

Not paying for a ticket and going to a concert and not paying for a ticket and taking the bus both are 'Theft of services'.

If Bob decides he isn't willing to pay. Then it's case B. As in vast majority of cases Bob wouldn't buy that game even without pirating it.
I've downloaded Crisis II from thepiratebay. I launched it once, I liked the graphic. Most likely I'll never launch it again, and it'll be either uninstalled or lost when I change a PC/OS.
Did I steal the game from whoever has published it?

Yeah, I guess it's something like that. Movies & Music are a little bit worse perhaps.
There's also that heavy confusion that every download from an illegal thought is a lost "customer", which makes me(as mentioned a lot earlier) to be a two lost customers of Starcraft 2, although I actually bought the game yet disliking the Blizzard downloader.