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"Piracy," as applied to unauthorized copying of creative works, means just that: "unauthorized copying of creative works." But its use in this sense is controversial because, for one thing, it equates unauthorized copying with robbery at sea. Thus, for an encyclopedia to use "piracy" in place of "unauthorized copying" when the latter is in fact what is meant, is for that encyclopedia to take the controversial position that such unauthorized copying is in fact on par with robbery at sea. Since there is no imperative for an encyclopedia to take such a position, nor any good reason for it to do so, and since an encyclopedia ought to avoid such unnecessary controversy, it ought to say what it means. In this case, what was said is "pirated versions," while what was meant is "unauthorized copies." I made an edit to this effect, which was reverted by User:Ottava_Rima with the summary "nope." I've reverted the reversion and invite the reverter to provide a better explanation here, or else leave my good-faith and (I hope) well-reasoned edit intact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.105.246.237 (talk) 05:36, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
