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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
What I find darkly cynical is the one-sidedness of the term "pirate" (or "theft", if you prefer).
Copyright is not property, it is a limited monopoly. It was granted at time of creation (in most jurisdictions). The terms were defined and ccepted by both parties at time of creation.
So when a government extends a copyright term, they are "stealing" from the public. It's every bit as much "theft" as copyright infringment.
But nobody on the pro-copyright side of the discussion can ever admit this fact, because it makes the copyight holders just a crooked as the evil "pirates".
Woe be to that possibility.
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Didn't you forget that the government has been elected by the public and thus represents the public? So the public indirectly agreed to the extension.