"to deprive the owner of it" it being copyright
They have the right over copies, and to make money from it if they choose.
Are you hung up on that it has to be some physical object?
Edit: to be clear, in this reasoning, the thing deprived from someone is not your copy of the movie, but rather the right of copying.
"to deprive the owner of it" it being copyright
They have the right over copies, and to make money from it if they choose.
Are you hung up on that it has to be some physical object?
Edit: to be clear, in this reasoning, the thing deprived from someone is not your copy of the movie, but rather the right of copying.