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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm curious as to when you think piracy began. The use of the term "piracy" to describe the unauthorised copying of books, dates back over 400 years. See, for example, the complaints about piracy in the introduction to Thomas Dekker's book "The Wonderfull Yeare", published in 1603. His pirates appear to have been motivated solely by greed.
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Sorry I didn't include the necessary context for my comment. In this case I'm only referring to electronic piracy. The difference being that electronic piracy has protection mechanisms that people take pleasure in circumventing.