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> Piracy is by definition "making unlawful unauthorized
>copies of unlicensed software".
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Not true.
Piracy is a capital crime, well-defined under Admiralty law. "Software
piracy" and "Music piracy" are PR phrases used by some of nastiest,
politician-bribingest trade associations in the world to describe people
who share their members' products with friends.
Please do not fall into the trap of parrotting the BSA/RIAA/MPAA
inflammatory party line.
A true Software/Music Pirate would forcibly board a vessel in
international waters and make off with every CD on board.
I am offended by misuse of the honorable term "Pirate" to (mis)label a
bunch of teeners who are sending crummy rap chants to each other as MP3
files, and perhaps swapping copies of Photoshop so they can paste their
teachers' heads on pictures of animals.
Grrrr!!!!
- Robin
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