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I don't like the use of the term "piracy". Piracy is taking a vessel. Common crimes committed by pirates are homicide, kidnapping, rape... It is all very differ
by marcodiego 5y ago
I don't like the use of the term "piracy". Piracy is taking a vessel. Common crimes committed by pirates are homicide, kidnapping, rape... It is all very different from copying a file to someone.
Of course, "the industry" doesn't care equating one with another.
- bdcravens 5y agoThe term "pirate radio" came from signals being broadcast from ships without a license. When they moved inland, the term stuck around.
- TheFreim 5y agoI don't like this sort of argument against using the term "piracy". Words change meaning over time, what you're saying is like saying that we shouldn't call people "nice" because it used to mean something different (formerly an insult, apparently). When I hear "piracy" having grown up with computers the first thing that comes to my mind is not pirates taking control or a vessel on the high seas, but rather what pops in to my head is the pirate bay and other sites I've known over the years.
- marcodiego 5y agoI appreciate your comment and your sibling, but I still don't think it is the same thing.
- eythian 5y ago> Meaning "one who takes another's work without permission" first recorded 1701 From https://www.etymonline.com/word/pirate https://www.etymonline.com/word/pirate It's not so much that words gain meanings, this word gained that meaning three hundred years ago.