Original sentence: Another objection is that so-called "real" pirates deprive their victims of immediate property, whereas software pirates deprive their victims of potential revenue from selling the works to which the authors retain copyright (see Price elasticity).It is the second meaning of the term given by the Oxford English Dictionary, with the first documented use from the 18th century:.On the other hand, the use of the word "piracy" to refer to copyright infringement has been codified in law for decades and documented in common usage for much longer than that.Some object that the word "piracy" is a dysphemism that portrays copyright infringement in the same light as piracy on the high seas, thereby implying moral equivalency with murderers and rapists.The term "software piracy" as shorthand for copyright infringement of software is controversial
Edited sentence: Another complication of the pirate analogy is that pirates actually deprive their victims of their property, whereas software pirates only deprive proprietary software companies of potential revenue, which may not actually exist because of market elasticity.For example, if one hundred copies of a product are sold, and five hundred copied illegally, it does not necessarily follow that five hundred extra copies would have been sold at the full price if unauthorized copying became impossible.Sometimes the unauthorized copies may in fact encourage the marketing of the software and allowing some unauthorized copying may create an interest and encourage corporate and institutional users to purchase site licenses for their students or employees who may recommend purchase of these licenses after their trial of the pirated software.The term "software piracy" is more correctly described as copyright infringement: Some object that copyright holders' use of the term "piracy" is a dysphemism, making the unauthorized reselling of copyrighted works morally equivalent to the violent actions of pirates — robbers on the high seas, who often murder and rape their victims.The use of "piracy" to refer to copyright infringement has historical basis; it is the second meaning of the term given by the Oxford English Dictionary and the first documented use is from the 18th century: