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The illegal copying of software and digital music.
Example Citation:
Bitlegging (v): Downloading copyright-protected digital music files from the net. As illegal as bootlegging, but the sound quality is better.
—"Tech talk," Management Today, October 31, 2002
—"Tech talk," Management Today, October 31, 2002
Earliest Citation:
MP3.com makes available free, legal MP3 files from artists wanting the exposure. Visit the music section www.mp3.com/music/. Of course, downloading a ripped-off version of, say, the All Saints' Never Ever is the digital equivalent of bootlegging (bitlegging?).
—John Graham-Cumming, "Living with the Net: Make your PC really sing," The Guardian (London), March 11, 1999
—John Graham-Cumming, "Living with the Net: Make your PC really sing," The Guardian (London), March 11, 1999
Notes:
American Dialect Society member Grant Barrett alerted me to this blend of bit and bootlegging.
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darknet
IP theft
mashup
music service provider
Napster bomb
packet sniffer
paracopyright
pay-per-listen
physible
shoulder surfing
songlifting
superdistribution
wardrobing
buttlegging
copyfighter
cuckoo egg
darknet
IP theft
mashup
music service provider
Napster bomb
packet sniffer
paracopyright
pay-per-listen
physible
shoulder surfing
songlifting
superdistribution
wardrobing
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