Posted Monday 28th April 2008 10:13 GMT
"Piracy"
I know that the use of the term "piracy" for copyright and trademark infringement is now universal, but I read the article title and expected it to be about piracy on the seas, which is rife in the South China Sea.
Articles tend to be clearer if we use: "copyright infringement" to refer to copyright infringements; "trademark infringement" to refer to trademark infringement; "theft" to refer to property theft; and "piracy" to refer to violent theft of and from ships.
Mine's the one hanging in pedants' corner.
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