Recent questions tagged piracy

Description : What is the origin of the propaganda term "Piracy" to refer to the copying of products and software?

Last Answer : I don’t know, but my best guess would date back to the pre-internet shareware days, where people would copy software on floppy disks.

Description : Where do the Tupperware tops go?

Last Answer : To hell.

Description : Would you ever consider becoming a modern pirate?

Last Answer : The cash investments are not huge, but the life investments are. As soon as you get involved in any sort of high profile crime you are making a decision that cannot be rescinded.

Description : Does this new anti piracy controversial act recently signed by the president affect us little people?

Last Answer : Yes. If you are caught stealing copyrighted material, like music and movies, there are now more strict and severe punishments, including but not limited to seizure of the media onto which it was ... engineer, people stealing copyrighted work, be it software, music, or movies, REALLY pisses me off.