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"Piracy" is a term used specifically to attach the implication of theft to copyright infringement, because actual pirates steal things.

The root of calling it "piracy" is no better than calling it "theft", even if it has become common to refer to it as such.

It's completely reasonable to make an appeal to talk about it accurately.

Piracy still exists and kills people. Using that word for downloading a movie just seems wrong.

And people who do copyright infringment have adopted the label. Just look at the Pirate Party and The Pirate Bay.

Nope, Piracy can be used to mean a lot of things, including stealing physical goods IRL. It's certainly not the right expression to use if you ONLY mean copyright infringement.