I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.

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      If it’s theft, it’s theft. If it’s fraud, it’s fraud. It could be either. But “wage theft” is not copyright infringement, which is not theft.

      Here’s what California’s Department of Industrial Relations says:

      Wage theft is a form of fraud

      https://www.dir.ca.gov/fraud_prevention/Wage-Theft.htm

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        Stealing services doesn’t necessarily have to do with copyright infringement.

        My point is that OP over simplification of theft is not even worth considering, from a legal or personal point of view.

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          Not really, theft is theft. Fraud is fraud. Just because something feels like theft doesn’t make it theft.

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            You were the one who quoted that wage theft is a form or fraud, so I’m not sure what’s your point. Yes, some theft can be fraud… but still theft.

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              Wage theft isn’t theft, it’s fraud.