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RCR · 04-11-2010, 06:23 AM

Philippe Mora, in today's online Sydney Morning Herald, writes a muddled whinge about his films being pirated. A lone gem in his article is the mention that way back in 1703, Daniel Defoe was complaining about one of his novels being pirated.

Philippe Mora didn't give a reference but Wikipedia agrees with him, quoting The Oxford English Dictionary -

- An early reference to piracy in the context of copyright infringement was made by Daniel Defoe in 1703 when he said of his novel The True-Born Englishman that "Its being Printed again and again, by Pyrates".

04-11-2010, 06:23 AM	#1
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	Arggh - pyracy - nothing new there, Jim Hawkins, m'lad. Philippe Mora, in today's online Sydney Morning Herald, writes a muddled whinge about his films being pirated. A lone gem in his article is the mention that way back in 1703, Daniel Defoe was complaining about one of his novels being pirated. Philippe Mora didn't give a reference but Wikipedia agrees with him, quoting The Oxford English Dictionary - - An early reference to piracy in the context of copyright infringement was made by Daniel Defoe in 1703 when he said of his novel The True-Born Englishman that "Its being Printed again and again, by Pyrates".