What is the Definition of Music Piracy?

[wety]

 What is the Definition of Music Piracy?

[bigshot]

Music piracy is the practice of acquiring music published in a way that the companies that publish the music refuse to support yet.

[Opus106]

Don't forget the clauses about distribution/transmission and modification of the material (and various other minutiae).

[Lethevich]

Music piracy is the practice of acquiring music published in a way that the companies that publish the music refuse to support yet.

[2]

They lost their "fight" in the definition. A friend sharing something they like with other friends is not robbing spanish galleons, it's human nature.