A useful distinction is that upload is piracy and download is not.

AndyKelley 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

True pirates maintain > 1.0 ratio

bee_rider 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Neither is piracy, it is just unauthorized copying and sharing.

> unauthorized copying and sharing

Which is known in English as "piracy".

No piracy is theft done on sea.

	▲	IshKebab 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		3. The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/piracy