OER Knowledge CloudWeb ArticleCopyright Infringement Still Isn’t Theft, Even When A Microsoft Employee Says It IsCopyright Infringement Still Isn’t Theft, Even When A Microsoft Employee Says It IsMasnick, MikeFor basically all of Techdirt’s history, we’ve explained that copyright infringement is not “theft,” and that using that term is misleading in dangerous ways. It’s been a few years since we last mentioned it, but the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dowling vs. the US has always been the clearest legal statement on this point.20262026/09/23EnglishTechDirtUnited Stateshttps://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/23/copyright-infringement-still-isnt-theft-even-when-a-microsoft-employee-says-it-is/nocopyrightfair useartificial intelligencehttps://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/23/copyright-infringement-still-isnt-theft-even-when-a-microsoft-employee-says-it-is/United States, North America