Word Pirates.

Marketers, politicians and other short-sighted, self-interested, sticky-fingered people have been stealing our words. Not only do they take them for commercial purposes, but they misuse them entirely. They’re Word Pirates and we’re going to take back what’s rightfully ours.

And, if you like the idea, you may enjoy
The interview, “Choosing your weapons in the war of words”
with Dan Gillmor and David Weinberger
from “CONNECTED: nodes & networks”
By Sarah Lai Stirland,
Wednesday, September 17, 2003, on the Corante: Tech news filtered daily site.

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