Legal Virals

[Nicodemus Phaulkon]

pi·ra·cy    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (pr-s)
n. pl. pi·ra·cies

1 a.  Robbery committed at sea.
   b.  A similar act of robbery, as the hijacking of an airplane.

2.  The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy. 

3.  The operation of an unlicensed, illegal radio or television station.

Seems a perfectly appropo term to me, Kaseryn. You'll have to expand on your opinion of its abuse to convince me otherwise. I suppose that would entail your ceasing to refusal to discuss the topic. ;)

As long as we continue to let our enemy dictate the language of the debate, how can we hope to convincingly stand against his arguments?

Enemy? Enemy is what sense? If you're referring to the indicated targetting of personal computers in this digital conflict, I can see your point. However, if you're referring to the Enemy being someone who believes that a person is wrong to copy and proliferate copies of music or software without the burden of actually purchasing them... then your Enemy is right here.

Piracy. It's applicable.

The fact that corporations like Sony make scads of money does not change the fact that it is stealing one iota. The actions of those that steal end up affecting the corporation, which enacts changes in the marketplace, which trickle down to me: the gent that'll actually foot the dollar for the product. End result: this gent doesn't like the ass that steals in the first place.

My choice affects only me. The choice of an ass that steals affects many. It is the height of selfishness, and certainly of self-delusion to indicate anything less.