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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4952062" data-attributes="member: 18280">Piracy is boarding ships violently, and taking cargo and/or captives (potentially for ransom or resale).  Piracy is an activity where lives are lost.Infringement of Intellectual Property is not piracy.The means by which some companies go about preventing infringment of intellectual property borders on (and in some cases, crosses far over) privacy rights of individuals.  Should we begin to call this corporate activity "Piracy" as well?Note here that I am not saying that infringement is okay; I am saying that the term used is (intentionally) loaded.  I am also suggesting that, eventually, consumer groups will begin to countersue on the basis of privacy rights violations.  RC</blockquote>