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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
The word 'piracy' when used in connection with copyright infringement seems to me to describe really well the activity, and not the fair use branch of it.
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...And there again there's the basic misconception. There is no "branch" of unauthorised copying which is fair use, it's a
defence against being charged with infringement!
Piracy has it's own meaning for ship hijacking which is once more on the rise and needs to be held in a sharply different light to unauthorised copying if it is to have the appropriate action taken against it - using "piracy" at this stage is promoting a moral panic on one hand, and used as fodder for the darknet community's self-justification on the other. There is no "gripping hand" in the situation, people need to stop using it when talking about IP law.