Sorry, I'll stop hiding behind facts about word meanings from now on. Maybe we can go the extra step and refer copyright infringement as "murder" or "child prostitution" if we're going to get completely divorced from reality.
Authors rights are important, but shouldn't be more important than rights of the public generally; copyright has always been about balancing the rights of creators against the rights of the public. It has been understood from the beginning that this is the case and that a delicate balancing is needed to protect the public and authors. It's always been a compromise.