[d@DCC] Need feedback on idea: If copyright infringement is "theft", then what is adoption?

[dcc.20.noximyre at spamgourmet.com]

>   I throw it back out to this group.  Our opponents in the "one size
> will be imposed on all" camp are abusing the over-simplification of
> calling copyright infringement "theft" (or in some cases, calling any
> diverging from their chosen business model as "theft" or "giving away").
>  I am looking to find use of another emotionally charged phrase that
> can be used to counter that rhetoric, and put it in the context that it
> should be understood which is as an irrational extremism.

I don't know if an emotionally-charged, but logically-correct and
easily understandable, phrase exists, but there are plenty of absurd
phrases:

"If copyright infringement is theft, then so is making an identical
copy of your sandwich and eating it."

This works because your enjoyment of the copy does not prevent the
other party from enjoying his original.

You can also use "... your car and driving away with it," etc.

Thomas Jefferson said something along the lines of "A candle loses
nothing when it gives its light to another wick". It's on another
computer, so maybe I'll find it later.

James