Generally accepted by whom? There are many countries that only consider distribution illegal so I don't think it's generally accepted at all.

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its_ethan 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I'd say generally accepted by the majority of English speaking/western society? If someone said they were going to "pirate a movie" there's next to zero chance they are referring to the distribution side of that endeavor.

I feel like OP isn't asserting anything even remotely controversial in that definition lol

	▲	aspaviento 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Um... no? Maybe that's true for English speakers (I'm not a native speaker, so I won't make assumptions), but thinking that Western society views it that way is a big stretch, especially with streaming sites. While some might admit to watching something on a pirate site, many people don't refer to it as piracy when they're using a streaming service.