[LINK] A Definition Of Piracy In The Digital Age

[Stephen Wilson]

Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 01:36:28PM +1000, Lea de Groot wrote:
>   
>> Piracy is simply a breech of the defined Terms of Use of the content
>> in question.
>>     
> nope. piracy is an act of theft involving the illegal seizure of a ship,
> boat or other form of aquatic transport. it often involves violence
> and/or murder.
>   
This is quite the silliest rhetorical flourish I've seen in a very long 
time. 

The Collins English Dictionary includes the definition of piracy as 
"unauthorised use or appropriation of patented or copyrighted 
material".  By all means let's debate the wrongs and rights of digital 
content piracy measures, but it's an odd debating tactic to start out by 
denying the existence of this form of piracy.

Cheers,

Steve Wilson.

PS.  Like the PM, I ordinarily pooh pooh the pulling out of dictionaries 
as "high school debating tactics" (see 
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24538795-21147,00.html) 
but flatly denying the accepted meaning of a word is kindergarten stuff.