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Originally Posted by Ntsimp
I associate the word "piracy" with robbery, rape, and murder.
If anything, using "piracy" to refer to copying some bits without permission just belittles the term "piracy".
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The term "piracy" to refer to unauthorised copying has a very long history, going back as at least far as a pamphlet published in 1603 by a man called Thomas Dekker, in which he lamented the common practice of unauthorised reproduction of other peoples' works.