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Originally Posted by latepaul
Why? I thought he made a good point - traditionally a pirate describes someone who robs, kidnaps and kills at sea - a rather nasty criminal in fact. Morally and legally copyright infringement may be wrong but it's hardly in the same league.
What exactly about what I quoted made it seem so out of hand wrong?
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Point.
The term came into popular use to describe people who are monopoly infringers.
Monopoly infringers doesn't sound so bad, so authors and publishers (primarily publishers) departed from civil debate by using the term "Pirate".
It would not be one whit more uncivil to refer to the Publishing houses and their lobyists who have pushed for ever longer copyright monopolies maintained on the public dime as "Pedophiles". Preying on those who are unaware and defenseless. An equal stretch all around.
So there you have it. Pirates or Pedophiles with no middle ground. Pick a side.
Or we can have copyright holders, and copyright infringers. We can all play nice, and have a cup of tea.