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Originally Posted by whitearrow
Or maybe we can stop using the RIAA's and MPAA's preferred "maximize the evil" terminology and call it what it is, precisely -- copyright infringement, which US law treats as a civil tort in most cases. Pirates kill people, take hostages, and commit extortion. It's not exactly the same thing.
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Actually the term "pirate" was used in this way long before there was digital media and an RIAA and MPAA involvement. I first heard the term with regard to selling copied cassette tapes sometime around 1960 or 1970. And I don't think it was a new term even then.
Barry