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Oh, please. Grow up. This is not "piracy."

• jfax 3y ago
  Agreed. Astounded how stretched the word piracy is nowadays, I've been seeing it used for even stuff like using an ad-blocker. My policy is to only use it to refer to actual at-sea piracy.
  • fragmede 3y ago
    what do you use to refer to copyright infringement activities then? "copyright infringing" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
    • jdjdjdhhd 3y ago
      I call it right to information
    • dventimi 3y ago
      Fair use
• janstice 3y ago
  “Piracy” has been used in relation to IP since the 1700s. It’s not a new thing (think pirate radio, pirate buses).
  • dventimi 3y ago
    Not by people who copy and share information, it hasn't. People who stand to gain from the spreading of an idea WILL tend to spread it, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to accept it.