Is it time to stop using the word 'piracy'?

17 April 2009 | 8:00 - By Stefano Boscutti

Should "digital piracy" be renamed as "unauthorised copying"?

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There are certainly plenty of people who think so. Both real-world and digital piracy have gathered plenty of headlines recently – a timely coincidence that has served to bring the differences between the two into sharp contrast. People are pointing out that the activities of digital rebels such as The Pirate Bay couldn't be further from the raw violence of Somali pirates who are locked in a string of bloody battles off the east African coast.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/16/piracy

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

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