Stolen goods are also not in the possession of the original owner. Anything still in the possession of the original owner isn't stolen, by definition. The notion of "stealing" doesn't really work for piracy.
Stealing: perpetrator has 1 apple, victim has 0 apples.
Piracy: perpetrator has 1 apple, victim has 1 apple.
A better analogy is required than "possession of stolen property". Saying it's stolen is like saying "someone copied the movie, and therefore the studio can no longer stream it".
> Stolen goods are also not in the possession of the original owner.
Right. Unauthorized use of property that does not deprive the owner is trespass [0], not theft.
[0] to land for real property, to chattels for tangible personal property; trespass to intangible personal property is usually a whole mess of specific statutory torts and/or crimes with names that don't have "trespass" in them for particular classes of intangible personal property.
Stealing: perpetrator has 1 apple, victim has 0 apples.
Piracy: perpetrator has 1 apple, victim has 1 apple.
A better analogy is required than "possession of stolen property". Saying it's stolen is like saying "someone copied the movie, and therefore the studio can no longer stream it".