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Originally Posted by HarryT
This is not so. The word "piracy" has been used to refer to the unauthorised reproduction of copyrighted books for at least 400 years. Eg. Thomas Dekker laments the actions of "word-pirates" in the introduction to his book, "The Wonderfulle Yeare", published in 1603. It predates by centuries any such usage in the film and music industries.
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Oh, THANK YOU, Harry! I knew I'd seen that someplace, dogs' years ago, and for the life of me, could not recall it. TY!
Lending: I lent a book, within the last 10 years, to someone in the business--and it came back with the spine cracked. She didn't understand why my face made that squunched-up look....arrrgggh! But DNSB's example is worse--I can't imagine marking up someone else's book. Good GOD.
Do you ever wonder--would those folks borrow a piece of clothing, a jacket, say, and return it with cigarette holes, or torn? I don't see that it's significantly different in concept...
Hitch