&quot;Piracy&quot; isn&#x27;t counterfeit because pirates have no intention of defrauding or deceiving anyone (you&#x27;re confusing them with bootleggers). Nor is the media they offer in any way a forgery. It&#x27;s the authentic product, perhaps undergoing augmentation (i.e. to disable copy protection) or some lossy compression when transcoding video or audio. These are not equivalent to forgery.