[LINK] A Definition Of Piracy In The Digital Age

[Ivan Trundle]

On 06/02/2009, at 8:13 PM, Rick Welykochy wrote:

>> copyright infringement.

'infringement' is such a lovely, passive word...

There are many things in life that are 'infringements', yet to  
'infringe' seems almost inconsequential.

Unlike 'piracy', which is an emotive term, and deservedly debatable in  
this context. 'Theft', on the other hand, is clear and unambiguous to  
most people.

What is interesting is that there are parallel universes: one in which  
'pirating' is a bad and evil thing, involving extortion on the high  
seas and mostly involving things of considerable value bailed up by a  
few, whereas in the digital world/parallel universe, it's a case of  
extortion of something of almost no real value, but by many.

iT