I think "stealing" is the semantically/technically incorrect term that's used as a sort of justification for not compensating the creator of a work, who paid to create that work, even though that work is considered valuable to the person using/watching it.

Hmm - is there a good summary of this argument I could read? I torrented many years ago and it always felt like stealing and still does. Seems more or less equivalent to shoplifting to me from a moral standpoint, would be curious to read into this!

(I'm assuming this is not the "oh I actually pay and I just want to watch it on an unsupported device" argument)