Only one side can demonstrate that property was TAKEN from them, as opposed to not being CREATED FOR them.
It is ridiculous, and 'they' can call each other whatever they want. I agree, it will probably be 20 years before 'I didn't get my fork' is covered under any law, though I am still skeptical regarding a person being entitled to the labor of others. Creating a new blockchain, whether it was derived from the old or not, still involves labor. Property however has been a legal construct for millennia, and there is little ambiguity there now that crypto is viewed as such.
Ah yes, but the value of a crypto rests almost entirely within the foundation of a layer 0 community, so when we forked to Hive we siphoned a ton of value ("took it") from Steem and cut them out of the new chain. In fact, we gained even more value by cutting them out, because all the stake we siphoned was a liability to the network rather than an asset.
A law? A law in what country? By then hopefully everything is crypto and everyone will realize that crypto is the governance structure. Therefore, it is impossible for Steem to steal because Steem literally is an opt-in sovereign entity that makes the laws. Another country could say a theft has occurred, but that country's laws do not apply so it doesn't matter.