as in pirating
the act or pursuit of robbing ships at sea
many countries have harsh penalties for piracy now
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Recent Examples of piracy
Thanks to easily burnable CDs and the proliferation of shareable MP3s, record companies lost money to digital piracy in the early aughts.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Rose was referring to lawsuits filed by copyright holders alleging that ISPs haven't adequately fought piracy on their networks and failed to terminate repeat infringers.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
That's a distinction with a difference, because piracy is a crime of universal jurisdiction under international law, due to its pernicious effects on global commerce.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In the five years since Sundance made the lineup available online to ticket-holders, no other film has been pulled from the platform due to piracy concerns.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Rose was referring to lawsuits filed by copyright holders alleging that ISPs haven't adequately fought piracy on their networks and failed to terminate repeat infringers.
—Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
That's a distinction with a difference, because piracy is a crime of universal jurisdiction under international law, due to its pernicious effects on global commerce.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In the five years since Sundance made the lineup available online to ticket-holders, no other film has been pulled from the platform due to piracy concerns.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Piracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piracy. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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