For the record, the use of the word "pirate" as "one who takes another's work without permission" dates back to the 1700s, when Daniel Defoe wrote of one of his

For the record, the use of the word "pirate" as "one who takes another's work without permission" dates back to the 1700s, when Daniel Defoe wrote of one of his novels: "Its being Printed again and again, by Pyrates"... hardly newspeak. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pirate http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pirate