Agreed. Astounded how stretched the word piracy is nowadays, I've been seeing it used for even stuff like using an ad-blocker. My policy is to only use it to refer to actual at-sea piracy.
what do you use to refer to copyright infringement activities then? "copyright infringing" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
I call it right to information
Fair use
“Piracy” has been used in relation to IP since the 1700s. It’s not a new thing (think pirate radio, pirate buses).
Not by people who copy and share information, it hasn't. People who stand to gain from the spreading of an idea WILL tend to spread it, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to accept it.