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Re:Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45M Visits per Month Mak... by somat on Monday March 20, 2023 @07:58PM (#35240647)
Exactly, the crime is infringement, it is not theft, and it certainly is not piracy.

On the subject of the term piracy, if you are going to pick a heinous crime to represent your infringement, you might as well call it software rape, it is closer to what you are actually doing.

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Re:Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45M Visits per Month Mak... by StrictDabbler on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @11:14AM (#35247397)
The term "piracy" has been in use to describe copyright infringement since at least 1736. Three centuries should be enough that we aren't "picking a crime to represent your infringement" anymore. It's just a valid word for the thing.
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