[LINK] A Definition Of Piracy In The Digital Age

[Jan Whitaker]

At 05:57 PM 6/02/2009, Stephen Wilson wrote:
>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.

It's also used in official Australian government documents.
Searched for 'software' and 'piracy' in Austlii:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/legis/cth/bill_em/caib2001431/memo1.html?query=software%20piracy
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/legis/cth/bill_em/caib2002431/memo1.html?query=software%20piracy

Interestingly, not in legislation.




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