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Sure, pirating means comandeering of a ship, not distribtion of copyrighted works.

He probably has a plan in a nearby Pacific jurisdiction like Vanuatu. Best of luck!



The language we humans use in casual conversation is a lot more fluid than that, you need to be able to deal with it.


Not when the language is used to accuse someone of a crime. He is no pirate, obviously.

> He knowingly participated and basically tailored his products to pirating


Nor is piracy, in the literal sense, the crime he is accused of. So I'm not sure what you're up in arms about.





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