3 ms·
Pirate, or the term for a "copyright thief" was coined somewhere back in the 1800's I think, by a poet or author describing the people who stole and reprinted h
by bigB 16y ago
Pirate, or the term for a "copyright thief" was coined somewhere back in the 1800's I think, by a poet or author describing the people who stole and reprinted his works. Its seems to have stuck though. I know I have the link somewhere to back this up, but cant find it right at the moment
- j-g-faustus 16y agoDaniel Defoe (of Robinson Crusoe), 1703: [my novel] is being Printed again and again, by Pyrates But the term was in use as early as 1600: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement