the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works
Examples of 'video piracy' in a sentence
video piracy
During the 1970s and 1980s, rampant video piracy saw the abandonment of cinemas, with the majority preferring to watch films in their own homes.