Perhaps it's more comparable to bootlegging? If you purchase a bootleg DVD are you a thief? Is it just the guy who created the bootleg that's a thief? I mean, you *are* fueling the illegal process. If someone steals £100,000 and gives you £50,000 did you technically steal the money?
Just because, in this great ol' digital age, you copy files rather than steal a truckload of video games doesn't make it any more justifiable. Sure, you're technically not depleting their stock but in the digital age the parameters of stealing have to be redefined. You're still illegally consuming the product product.
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