Stealing usually has the undertone that this is a zero-sum game. You have something, I steal it, you don't have it any more. The operative word is "take" and it implies the removal of a thing from the sphere of influence of its owner into the sphere of influence of the stealer.
The thing need not be directly physical. You can steal money from someone and spend it without ever seeing a paper dollar.
Your definition would have me stealing a wall of a public building when I drop trou to urinate on it. That's one way to make use of it.
We have different words with different meanings for a reason. That's why we object to adding "unauthorized copying" to the definition of stealing.
"Nothing of value was lost", only perhaps "potential value". If it couldn't be copied, it could potentially be worth $0 to the copier/market. That's what makes copying distinct from stealing and interesting from a moral point of view.
The thing need not be directly physical. You can steal money from someone and spend it without ever seeing a paper dollar.
Your definition would have me stealing a wall of a public building when I drop trou to urinate on it. That's one way to make use of it.
We have different words with different meanings for a reason. That's why we object to adding "unauthorized copying" to the definition of stealing.
"Nothing of value was lost", only perhaps "potential value". If it couldn't be copied, it could potentially be worth $0 to the copier/market. That's what makes copying distinct from stealing and interesting from a moral point of view.