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EpicEng
on Oct 10, 2018
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Globally, Almost Four Out of Ten Music Consumers A...
Meaning changes over time. Most of us have accepted a new, alternate definition of "piracy" in regards to digital media. Whether or not you (or I, because I don't either) like it is irrelevant.
jcoffland
on Oct 10, 2018
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I'm for making language mean what we want it to mean and I oppose the use of the word piracy to mean copying. Is that not how language changes?
EpicEng
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Well, yes, but a word means whatever the majority believes it to mean. You're in the minority, so...
I get that it's a tactic used by the business end of things, but it's where we're at now.
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