Of course it's that simple - you can try and change the meaning as much as you like, but that *is* the definition of stealing.
People want to make it more complicated than that simply ease their own consciences. That's *why* we're having this discussion.
I didn't say there wasn't a difference between stealing a car and pirating software - clearly that would be a stupid thing to suggest.
As for how faulty my analogy was, that's just silly too - it's not going to be possible to come up with a better analogy: any physical, real world object is going to have the same limitations, that's the whole point. My point was that the deprivation is *not* relevant to whether it's stealing or not. I really don't see why you don't get that.
How about if you took something from someone who was dead? They wouldn't be being deprived of anything...