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Raubkopie
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German
de:
Etymology
de :af Raub<t:robbery> Kopie<t:copy>
de Raub robbery Kopie copy
Pronunciation
de [ˈʁaʊ̯pkoˌpiː]
de De-Raubkopie.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
a copy of content the former of which has been obtained under violation of intellectual property rights
Usage notes
Usage of the word has been pushed mainly by the music industry and there has been criticism that the word is a dysphemism, because de Raub includes that someone uses violence against life or limb or threatens to apply it to take away something. A more neutral alternative is de Schwarzkopie.
Declension
f
Coordinate terms
de Raubdruck
Related terms
de Raubkopierer
de raubkopieren
Further reading