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Originally Posted by HarryT
Given that the term "piracy" has been used to refer to the unauthorised copying of books for over 400 years, and the 1886 International Berne Copyright Convention uses that very term (see Article 12 of the Convention) I shall continue to use the term myself.
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LOL - I don't think there were many digital books about in the 17 century, so copying a book then was actually making a physical copy, there was no copyright infringement.
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Publishers often refer to copying they don't approve of as “piracy.” In this way, they imply that it is ethically equivalent to attacking ships on the high seas, kidnapping and murdering the people on them. Based on such propaganda, they have procured laws in most of the world to forbid copying in most (or sometimes all) circumstances
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If you like using words, with misleading meanings, go right ahead, don't be suprised if you are misunderstood
If you like using old words, just because they have been in use a long time...
I beseech you not kind sir naught would ail me more as I canst agree with nary of you thoughts. Thee hath offended me, I durst not listen to all you have wrought .
Henceforth thou is no longer my fere, unless thou mendith thy ways as I besought thee in times past