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I think this is the more nuances understanding of the conversation. Using a word associated with violence and theft to describe something like copyright infringement is just over-the-top and ridiculous.


Sometimes words have multiple meanings, and that’s ok.


As a participant in English, I’m pushing back against a pair of definitions that, I think, conflate two very different concepts in a way that is damaging to the conversation.




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