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Originally Posted by spooky69
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Originally Posted by JeffElkins
Not least of which is the term "piracy." Violation of copyright is still (thank God) a civil violation. Real piracy still exists and is endemic in places like the South China Sea, and off the coast of Somalia. Calling a copyright violation "theft" or "piracy" devalues real crimes.
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No it doesn't. |
yes, it
does ! and it's very serious.
in fact, a french boat, "Le Ponant", was taken over by pirates just this friday in the gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia. look :
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Le+Ponant+pirate
that's really on a whole different scale than copyright infringement.