n.The illicit reproduction or distribution of material that is an infringement of intellectual property law.
Citations
Lessig 2004 If piracy means using the creative property of others without their permission, then the history of the content industry is a history of piracy. Every important sector of big media today – film, music, radio, and cable TV – was born of a kind of piracy. The consistent story is how each generation welcomes the pirates from the last.
