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Nice list, thanks. I would add some more fundamental issues:

You may not do what you want with the software you bought (EULA terms, DRM protected by DMCA anti-circumvention clauses).

You may not freely share books, songs, software, etc. with your friends or people in need.

You may not freely engage in a creative process that builds on existing works, as all creative processes do (copyright, patents).

(These are paraphrases of the software freedoms defined by the GNU project: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html)

Piracy is also not limited to information content:

You may not freely produce and distribute life-saving medicines to those in need (patents).



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