Re:Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases
by DanBC on Friday September 04, 2020 @02:01PM
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The word has a surprisingly long history.
> piracy
> 2. fig. The appropriation and reproduction of an invention or work of another for one's own profit, without authority; infringement of the rights conferred by a patent or copyright.
> 1771: Luckombe Hist. Print. 76 “They..would suffer by this act of piracy, since it was likely to prove a very bad edition.”
> 1808: Med. Jrnl. XIX. 520 “He is charged with `Literary Piracy', and an `unprincipled suppression of the source from whence he drew his information'.”
> 1855: Brewster Newton I. iv. 71 “With the view of securing his invention of the telescope from foreign piracy.”
> piracy
> 2. fig. The appropriation and reproduction of an invention or work of another for one's own profit, without authority; infringement of the rights conferred by a patent or copyright.
> 1771: Luckombe Hist. Print. 76 “They..would suffer by this act of piracy, since it was likely to prove a very bad edition.”
> 1808: Med. Jrnl. XIX. 520 “He is charged with `Literary Piracy', and an `unprincipled suppression of the source from whence he drew his information'.”
> 1855: Brewster Newton I. iv. 71 “With the view of securing his invention of the telescope from foreign piracy.”