Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

Re:Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day by jessaustin on Thursday September 19, 2013 @11:23AM (#6412159)

To be precise, "piracy" isn't even piracy. After all, it's not murder, kidnapping, and plunder on the high seas.

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Re:Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day by RyanMcGreal on Thursday September 19, 2013 @12:51PM (#6412762)

Thank you - you're quite right. I should have written, "copying isn't theft".

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Re:Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day by twerquie on Thursday September 19, 2013 @01:04PM (#6412831)

It shouldn't be a surprise to you that words can have more than one meaning.

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Re:Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day by Shorel on Thursday September 19, 2013 @01:58PM (#6413164)

This one is by design.

'Piracy' was defined as copyright violation by the copyright holders, not by general usage.

Therefore, we should fight that usage, just to compensate the balance.

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Re:Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day by twerquie on Monday September 30, 2013 @09:51AM (#6469586)

I follow but disagree. The world's largest and most successful torrent site calls itself The Pirate Bay. There are political "Pirate Parties" in Canada and Sweden. It may have been a pejorative label initially, but file sharers have "owned" the name and made it their own.

That's exactly how language is defined; by popular usage, not by design.

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