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My 2011 "Utility counterfeiting" essay categorises the area a little differently:
It has "utility counterfeiting" as the umbrella category - and "the wirehead problem" and "the pornography problem" as sub-categories.
In this categorisation scheme, the wirehead problem involves getting utility directly - while the ponography problem involves getting utility by manipulating sensory inputs. This corresponds to Nozick's experience machine, or Ring and Orseau's delusion box.
Calling the umbrella category "wireheading" leaves you with the problem of what to call these subcategories.
I agree, your term is much more descriptive and less susceptible to conflation with the other terms.