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Well, "pirated" is probably not the right word for anything less than armed robbery of a boat. But lately it's been used as a synonym of "copyright infringement
by Fargren 14y ago
Well, "pirated" is probably not the right word for anything less than armed robbery of a boat. But lately it's been used as a synonym of "copyright infringement", so maybe it applies.
- nollidge 14y agoIn the context of software, "piracy" has come to mean downloading and distributing copyrighted material. And I think it's fine to use it for that, even though it doesn't happen on the high seas (usually?). But this is more like plagiarism, although I'd be fine with calling it stealing or theft, which have a pretty broad meaning colloquially.
- mpyne 14y agoAre you saying that the image is not, in fact, used in the UEFI firmware Sony is distributing?
- nollidge 14y agoThat's a good point, actually. I should have read closer.
- Fargren 14y ago>>In the context of software, "piracy" has come to mean downloading and distributing copyrighted material. Odd, I thought if I downloaded, say, a game from a warez site I would be branded a pirate even if I didn't distribute it afterwards.
- nollidge 14y agoThat's true, but I'm not sure I want to model my language usage after overzealous RIAA lawyers :-)