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Originally Posted by pdurrant
The problem is that "infringing copyright" is such a mouthful. Bootlegging is a lot easier, and can easily be used as a synonym, since it doesn't have it's own meaning, unlike theft or piracy.
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Err... yeah it does (producing illegal alcohol). It has also been used as a term for copyright infringement for many years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleg
I don't think "copyright infringement" is THAT much worse than "bootlegging" (or, hell, "intellectual property" come to that).