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copying so good the law had to invent a whole new crime for it.
means unauthorized copying, distribution, or use of someone else's protected work, usually media or software.
from from greek peirates, one who attacks, via latin pirata; the maritime meaning came first, robbing ships at sea, and the digital sense hijacked the word in the 1970s-80s as software started getting copied faster than lawyers could react.
first cassette tapes1970s home taping already panicked the music industry.
napster erapeaked around 2000, sued into oblivion by 2001.
skull and crossbonesoriginally a real pirate flag, now a warning label.
vhs warningsfbi anti-piracy screens outlasted most movies they preceded.