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Piracy vocab

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  • the process of something or someone becoming popular, fashionable or successful again
    comeback
  • an amount of money that you pay regularly to receive a product or service or to be a member of an organisation
    subscription
  • not allowed by the law
    illicit
  • a person or thing that copies somebody/something else
    imitator
  • the process of something being damaged or made worse
    degradation
  • involving sharing files or other resources between computers connected through a network, rather than using a central server
    peer-to-peer
  • the act of making illegal copies of computer programs, books, music recordings, etc., in order to sell them
    piracy
  • increase rapidly in number or amount
    proliferate
  • the broadcast of sound or video over the internet from a live (not recorded) source, for example, a concert or sports event
    feed
  • the practice of sharing computer files with other people over the internet or another computer network
    file sharing
  • a sudden large increase in something
    spike
  • describing a speech, play, television programme, etc. that has been written in advance
    scripted
  • describing something that is increasing rapidly
    spiralling
  • spread something, such as a story or idea, from one person to another
    circulate
  • moving or pointing towards a lower level
    downward
  • a file or set of files transferred by being broken up into smaller parts between a large number of users
    torrent