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Originally Posted by GeoffC
that's the buccaneering spirit me lad .....
(interesting that the word piracy can be related to plagiarisation, whilst another thought takes us to robbery).
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Well, here's what the OED has to say on the matter:
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classical Latin plagiārius person who abducts the child or slave of another, kidnapper, seducer, also a literary thief (Martial 1. 53. 9), in post-classical Latin also (adjective) concerning plagiarism (15th cent.) < plagium kidnapping (see PLAGIUM n.) + -ārius -ARY suffix1. Compare Middle French, French plagiaire (adjective) plagiarized (1555), (noun) plagiarist (1584), kidnapper (1603). Compare earlier PLAGIUM n.]
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Now, "plagiarism" refers to taking someone else's words as one's own, but I think this is a closer concept to taking the permission to copy as one's own than "theft" is.