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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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Gosh, what was going on in 1603? Oh yea, that was the hey day of the real pirates. The point still stands, the term was high jacked to make copyright violation sound bad to the general public. Just because something was used a long time ago doesn't imply that it was used as such by the general public. It's a bit like calling someone a Nazi now.