8 "Piracy is killing music"
10 "There is a pirate market of films"
18 To lump together large, [for-profit](/commercial-use), intentional [infringers](/infringement) with those involved in the act of [sharing](/sharing) of [culture](/culture)
20 To stigmatize those involved in the act of sharing and hence stifle discussion
22 As a metaphor of organized illegal activities in the context of [unauthorized](/authorized) copying
28 {% block recommendations -%}
30 Try to reject this language entirely, use ethically neutral terms such as "copyright [infringement](/infringement)"
32 Alternatively, agree to use it, but only with regard to for-profit, intentional infringers; do not agree to use it for [sharing](/sharing) of [culture](/culture)
34 Alternatively, subvert the term to be positively-loaded (a'la Pirate Party)