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@Pemalite A reply to your post is incoming. The site is being wonky with detailed replies these days. I can't seem to bold, copy, or paste anything in the post editor. 

the-pi-guy said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

It's not just a legal term. There's piracy in the legal sense, and piracy in the Plain English sense. Just like how there's murder in the legal sense, and murder in the Plain English sense. If a country passes a law saying that strangulation isn't murder, that just means it isn't murder in the legal sense. In the Plain English sense however it is still murder. 

What do you view as the "plain English sense" of the word?

And how does hardware emulation fit under that?

Consuming, or taking media without paying the full asking price for it. Theft. 

Obviously common sense things like loaning a friend a copy, buying a game on sale, or buying a used copy don't count. But that goes for everything that is purchased. If I bought and gave a friend an apple, it obviously wouldn't be theft. If I chose to share that apple with my friend it wouldn't be theft either. If I loan a book, or check it out at the public library that isn't theft or piracy either. But again, that's all common sense and shouldn't need any pointing out.