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Re:No, Silly, Piracy is Theft by bct on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @05:52PM (#288540)
I'm OK with calling it "piracy", because nobody is in danger of confusing the details and effects of copyright infringement with those of real piracy. This is not the case with the word "theft".
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Re:No, Silly, Piracy is Theft by dfranke on Wednesday August 27, 2008 @06:35PM (#288589)
It also allows for a lot of silly pirate humor that would not otherwise be possible.
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