as in pirating
the act or pursuit of robbing ships at sea
many countries have harsh penalties for piracy now
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With a downstream flow strengthened by piracy, the Kosi system began eroding more rock from the valleys below Everest, the researchers wrote.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
VPNs can be used to circumvent government restrictions on the web and have been attacked by Hollywood film studios for their use in piracy and copyright infringement.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Sep. 2024
This process, known as river piracy, set in motion a chain of geological events that reshaped the landscape, scientists reported Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
But in 2016, Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. sued VidAngel for copyright infringement, saying its quirky business model — which involved buying and ripping thousands of physical DVDs and Blu-rays to stream online without a license — was essentially piracy.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
VPNs can be used to circumvent government restrictions on the web and have been attacked by Hollywood film studios for their use in piracy and copyright infringement.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Sep. 2024
This process, known as river piracy, set in motion a chain of geological events that reshaped the landscape, scientists reported Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
But in 2016, Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. sued VidAngel for copyright infringement, saying its quirky business model — which involved buying and ripping thousands of physical DVDs and Blu-rays to stream online without a license — was essentially piracy.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Piracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piracy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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