I'd say pirate copy, yes. Never heard of piratic edition and it sounds very odd!!

With all of 36 (!!) Google-hits and most of them from non-English speaking sites it seems a bit strange, to say the least ;-)

Piratic edition sounds just as strange as "illegaler Nachdruck" (Raubkopie).

I'll agree: piratic sounds really "off the wall". Like iratic instead of irate :-)

Book PiracyBook piracy is one of the reasons publishers and authors give when asked why they don't produce ebooks. I've been told by several publishers that they feel ...
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Why not simply "book piracy"??

In Indien heißen Raubdrucke in der Regel "pirated copies". Der Begriff gilt auch für unrechtmäßige Softwarekopien (e.g. "pirated CDs").

One in three music CDs sold worldwide is an illegal copy, a conference in Madrid has heard.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4124...

Microsoft: Pirate software will not be supported

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121...

A mate of mine downloaded a pirate copy of Windows Media Center 2002 and when the activation prompt came

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...

In general, "counterfeits" means products that infringe patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, or trademark rights, while "pirated copies" mean products that infringe copyrights on music works, films, broadcasting programs, and game software, etc. Counterfeits and pirated copies are collectively called "IPR-infringing goods."



http://www.iippf.jp/en/index.html International Intellectual Property Protection

'Pirated' is often used as the adjective formed from the verb 'to pirate'; Or 'pirate' can be used to form a compound noun 'pirate copy'.