"Piracy" is a term used specifically to attach the implication of theft to copyright infringement, because actual pirates steal things. The root of calling it

"Piracy" is a term used specifically to attach the implication of theft to copyright infringement, because actual pirates steal things. The root of calling it "piracy" is no better than calling it "theft", even if it has become common to refer to it as such. It's completely reasonable to make an appeal to talk about it accurately.