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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
I would point out that Contractual law is civil, not criminal - it's a simply innacurate to compare the situation to criminal law.
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In civil law the burden of proof is still on the claimant not the defendant.
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
And what does Piracy have to do with Unauthorised Copying? I don't see any ships arround here, can we please use the correct term and stop feeding a certain counter-culture which revels in using it as a term of defiance.
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As a convenient example, have you ever referred to a homosexual person as gay? Isn't the original meaning of "gay" happy, full of fun, merry? Why now is it used to refer to homosexual people?
Ever called someone a Dag? Are they really a bit of sheep feaces and wool hanging from a sheeps bum? Why now is it used to refer to someone who is a bit different, a bit weird?
Could it be because language is a changing and evolving thing? Could it be that words take on new meanings through common usage?
In todays world the word piracy is used to refer to copyright infringement. Deal with it!
Cheers,
PKFFW