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people are not taking anything, they're copying


Copying is “gaining or acquiring” so would come under “taking”, sorry.


To take: "to move something or someone from one place to another". Copying is not taking, sorry.


You seem to be using a dictionary with very short entries. Mine contains 10 different meanings of the verb "take" and one of them is "obtain, gain, acquire".


Dictionary definitions and legal definitions may or may not overlap. If not discussing the legal definition, than steal could mean someone enjoyed an appropriately licensed copyrighted work secretly or in private.




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