• TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It never was, only a corrupt judge can reach that conclusion. Stealing is subtracting an item from one person and adding it to another person, if there are two copies of the item then it’s not stealing.

    • RidderSport@feddit.org
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      2 months ago

      It can already not be stealing since that requires the stolen object to be in fact a physical (and a moveable one at that) object. Stealing non-physical property does constitute a crime, but it’s not stealing.

      Note: this is very specific to your country of origin and may not be true for your country or the applicable law in the case of international crime