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It's like calling file-sharing "piracy". A guy with a PhD in marketing made a pretty penny off that one. Bullshit is so common now. We need to take a stand ag
by swayvil 3y ago
It's like calling file-sharing "piracy".
A guy with a PhD in marketing made a pretty penny off that one.
Bullshit is so common now. We need to take a stand against it.
- musicale 3y agoAccording to wikipedia, the usage dates back centuries.
- mkl 3y agoWikipedia refers to this 1736 dictionary page: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_030pPyvwS9MC/page/n620/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_030pPyvwS9MC/page/n620/mo... No marketing PhDs involved, but it probably had the same intention behind it: equating copyright infringement with horrific lawless violence and theft to try to turn people against it.
- musicale 3y agoSince pirates were routinely hanged in the 18th century, presumably there was a desire to apply the same punishment for copyright infringement.
- lolinder 3y agoI assumed the same thing as you, but I recently was made aware that the term had already been in circulation for centuries to refer to copyright violation. 1668 is the earliest entry in my OED for this usage: > 1668 J. Hancock Brooks String of Pearls (Notice at end), Some dishonest Booksellers, called Land-Pirats, who make it their practice to steal Impressions of other mens Copies...
- swayvil 3y ago[flagged]