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	Piracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piracy is robbery committed at sea, or sometimes on the shore, by an agent without a commission from a sovereign nation.
		Seaborne piracy against transport vessels remains a significant issue (with estimated worldwide losses of US$13 to $16 billion per year[1]), particularly in the waters between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, off the Somali coast, and in the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, which are used by over 50,000 commercial ships a year.
		Piracy is of note in international law as it is commonly held to represent the earliest invocation of the concept of universal jurisdiction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piracy (3289 words)

	piracy - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		As the line between privateering and piracy is often hard to draw, any act of doubtful legality committed on the seas is apt to be characterized as piracy.
		Pompey swept piracy from the Mediterranean, but with the decline of the Roman empire it revived there and was prevalent until modern times.
		Emerging in the 13th cent., the Hanseatic League succeeded in curbing the piracy of its era.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-piracy.html (976 words)

	Pirates
		Piracy is an international crime consisting of illegal acts of violence, detention, or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft in or over international waters against another ship or aircraft or persons and property on board.
		In international law piracy is a crime that can be committed only on or over international waters (including the high seas, exclusive economic zone, and the contiguous zone), in international airspace, and in other places beyond the territorial jurisdiction of any nation.
		Conversely, acts otherwise constituting piracy done for purely political motives, as in the case of insurgents not recognized as belligerents, are not piratical.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/para/pirates.htm (1025 words)

	Piracy, terrorism threats overlap - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Thus such incidents are not legally considered piracy and there is therefore no international agreement regarding most "maritime violence" or "sea robbery." Arrest and prosecution are solely dependent on the country in whose jurisdiction the crime occurs.
		Piracy is a crime motivated by greed, and thus predicated on immediate financial gain.
		So it may be in the interest of maritime powers to conflate piracy and terrorism to help persuade reluctant developing countries to let maritime powers pursue pirates and terrorists in their territorial and archipelagic waters.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20030706-104801-9949r.htm (961 words)

	Piracy in Asia: A Growing Barrier to Maritime Trade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The recent steep rise in piracy in the region, however, is a result of the Asian financial crisis that began in Thailand in late 1997 and the political instability in Indonesia, which led to the underemployment and unemployment of thousands of people.
		Today, acts of maritime piracy range from the classic boarding and hijacking of a merchant vessel on the high seas to the more common act of stealing from the ship while it is anchored.
		These reports illustrate that although piracy is not condoned in the regional maritime security forces, the temptation to participate in it or to turn a blind eye to it in exchange for kickbacks or bribes appears to be very strong.
	new.heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/BG1379.cfm (2325 words)

	OpenP2P.com -- Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution
		Piracy is a kind of progressive taxation, which may shave a few percentage points off the sales of well-known artists (and I say "may" because even that point is not proven), in exchange for massive benefits to the far greater number for whom exposure may lead to increased revenues.
		Piracy is a loaded word, which we used to reserve for wholesale copying and resale of illegitimate product.
		Piracy is an illegal commercial activity that is typically a substantial problem only in countries without strong enforcement of existing copyright law.
	www.openp2p.com /pub/a/p2p/2002/12/11/piracy.html (1968 words)

	CNN.com - Sea piracy hits record high - Jan. 28, 2004
		Record levels of piracy and violence has forced the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) to demand greater government protection and single out Indonesia as the nation with the world's most dangerous waters.
		Piracy is fast becoming the norm in Asian and African waters, according to the new survey, released Wednesday by the Kuala Lumpur office of the IMB.
		Its piracy plight is followed by Bangladesh with 58 reported attacks, Nigeria (39) and India (27).
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pirates/index.html (562 words)

	One Third of All Software in Use Still Pirated, Major Study Finds
		These are among key findings of a global software piracy study released today by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association of the world’s leading software developers.
		The countries with the highest piracy rates were Vietnam (92 percent), Ukraine (91 percent), China (90 percent), Zimbabwe (90 percent) and Indonesia (87 percent).
		The countries with the lowest piracy rates were the United States (21 percent), New Zealand (23 percent), Austria (25 percent), Sweden (26 percent), and United Kingdom (27 percent).
	www.bsa.org /usa/press/newsreleases/Global-Piracy-Study-05-18-2005.cfm (896 words)

	APAN \| Maritime \| Piracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Outrage in the shipping industry at the alarming growth in piracy on the world's oceans prompted the creation of the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre in October 1992 in Kuala Lumpur.
		In 1999, two-thirds of all the world’s reported cases of piracy occurred in the Asia-Pacific, with Southeast Asia, especially waters near Indonesia, experiencing a majority of piracy incidents.
		Acts of piracy at sea numbered 182 in the first half of 2004, a drop of over 20 percent in comparison with the same period last year, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) says.
	www.apan-info.net /maritime/key_piracy_view.asp (1351 words)

	#263: 04-22-04 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL INTERNET PIRACY SWEEP
		Operation Fastlink is the culmination of four separate undercover investigations simultaneously being conducted by the FBI, coordinated by the FBI Cyber Division, and the U.S. Department of Justice, coordinated by the Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Criminal Division.
		In addition to attacking piracy globally, Operation Fastlink struck at all facets of the illegal software, game, movie, and music trade online, which is commonly referred to as the “warez scene.” The investigations focused on individuals and organizations, known as “warez” release groups, that specialize in the Internet distribution of pirated materials.
		These groups exist solely to engage in piracy and compete with each other to be the first to place a newly pirated work onto the Internet - often before the work is legitimately available to the public.
	www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/2004/April/04_crm_263.htm (863 words)

	Piracy History
		The history of piracy dates back more than 3000 years, but its accurate account depends on the actual meaning of the word ‘pirate’.
		Piracy was described for the first time, among others, in Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey.
		Below we tried to outline a selective history of piracy, selective and arbitrary because there is so much that can be said about piracy and it is impossible to tell all.
	www.piratesinfo.com /history/history.php (382 words)

	Recording Industry Association of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		"Piracy" generally refers to the illegal duplication and distribution of sound recordings.
		Online piracy is the unauthorized uploading of a copyrighted sound recording and making it available to the public, or downloading a sound recording from an Internet site, even if the recording isn't resold.
		Piracy makes it tougher to survive and even tougher to break through.
	www.riaa.com /issues/piracy/default.asp (769 words)

	Noonsite: Piracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Piracy Reports 2005 - Latest reports of attacks or suspicious incidents from around the world.
		Piracy Reports 2006 - Latest reports of attacks or suspicious incidents from around the world.
		Indeed it is a risk that mariners have had to confront for many thousands of years, and the good news is that as far as attacks on pleasure boats are concerned incidents in recent years have been mercifully few in numbers.
	www.noonsite.com /General/Piracy (1108 words)

	Music Record Industry: Piracy: FAQ's
		Downloading even one song onto a PC is piracy, even if it isn’t resold.
		Currently, RIAA is only able to provide anecdotal information of losses to the industry based on evidence uncovered in the discovery phase of their past litigation against illegal music archive sites using MP3 technology.
		Sampling is considered piracy; therefore, radio and nightclub disc jockeys along with other "samplers" are not exempt from copyright laws.
	www.soc.duke.edu /~s142tm01/piracyfaq.html (746 words)

	Piracy
		The older concept of maritime piracy was in part a construct developed and promoted by powerful private firms, who sought the legal protection of the state to legitimate their own material interests and commercial monopolies.
		The concept of piracy was so intensely embedded in the presumption of a right to commercial dominance that European ships often considered their own predation on local merchants legitimate.
		Today, the battle against “piracy” is being fought in the realm of commodified knowledge, and the law and rhetoric of illigitimate use, distribution, and production of goods revolves around increasingly protectionist policies governing intangibles, such as trademarks, patents, and copyright.
	www.vecam.org /article.php3?id_article=694 (6001 words)

	The MathWorks - Company - About Us - Policies&Statements
		Piracy is a growing concern throughout the software industry, and many people don’t know when they are violating the software license agreement or that they have installed pirated versions of MathWorks software.
		This type of piracy is the illegal duplication and sale of copyrighted material with the intent to directly imitate the copyrighted product.
		Losses due to piracy increased from $29 billion to $33 billion from 2003 to 2004.
	www.mathworks.com /company/aboutus/policies_statements/piracy.html (981 words)

	InternetWeek \| Study: Unchecked Software Piracy Could Cost Nations Hundreds of Billions Of Dollars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Cutting piracy by 10 percent over four years would generate 2.4 million new jobs in information technology, boost economic growth by $400 billion and increase tax revenues worldwide by $67 billion, according to research conducted by International Data Corp. and released by the Business Software Alliance at a Washington, D.C., news conference.
		The biggest type of piracy, which is the unauthorized use of software, occurs within businesses and governments, Robert Holleyman, president and chief executive of the BSA, said.
		A 10 percent cut in global piracy would increase by an equal amount projected growth in the U.S. IT sector, which is currently expected to increase by nearly a third by 2009.
	internetweek.cmp.com /showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174907328 (758 words)

	What is software piracy? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		You are allowed to make copies of the program for backup purposes, but it is against the law to give copies to friends and colleagues.
		Software piracy is all but impossible to stop, although software companies are launching more and more lawsuits against major infractors.
		An entirely different approach to software piracy, called shareware, acknowledges the futility of trying to stop people from copying software and instead relies on people's honesty.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/S/software_piracy.html (291 words)

	piracy — FactMonster.com
		piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas.
		piracy: Bibliography - Bibliography See H. Ormerod, Piracy in the Ancient World (1924); P. Gosse, The History of Piracy...
		piracy: History - History Because it is often the result of failure or laxity in patrolling sea routes, piracy...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0839158.html (245 words)

	SolidWorks Piracy Prevention
		Software piracy is a serious issue for the software industry.
		Revenue lost to software piracy during this period is estimated at $33 billion worldwide.
		We endorse this group's efforts to fight software piracy through education and enforcement activities.
	www.solidworks.com /pages/company/PiracyPrevention.html (157 words)

	Report Piracy - FileMaker
		Software piracy is the duplication, distribution, or use of software without authorization from the copyright owner.
		Software piracy is a crime that hurts everyone — businesses and consumers.
		On these pages, you'll find information on piracy, including tips on how to protect yourself, your business, and your ideas.
	www.filemaker.com /company/legal/notice/software_piracy.html (288 words)

	Electronic Piracy
		The purpose of SFWA's ePiracy Committee is to minimize the harms from piracy while maximizing respect for our customers.
		Electronic piracy, or e-piracy, is the theft of electronic rights from writers and artists.
		E-theft occurs when a party, without authorization from the copyright owner, makes an electronic copy of a work, and causes it to be available to others.
	www.sfwa.org /epiracy (202 words)

	Music Industry Group Targeting Piracy Hotspots - E-business & Business Technology News by TechWeb
		Counterfeiters are growing more sophisticated in their attempts to replace legitimate CD sales, and the activity centers in major cities, according to an analysis the RIAA released last week.
		Piracy, from the manufacturing level to retail, is flourishing in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, San Diego and San Francisco, according to RIAA.
		The music community loses hundreds of millions of dollars each year to physical piracy.
	www.techweb.com /wire/ebiz/187201515 (289 words)

	UGS: Report Piracy
		On this site, you will be able to report incidents of software piracy, download tools to help your organization implement an effective software management program and learn about the copyright law.
		For more information about software piracy and the BSA visit www.bsa.org.
		To report suspected piracy of BSA member company products directly to the BSA, call the toll-free hotline at 1-888-NO PIRACY or visit http://www.bsa.org/usa/report/.
	www.ugs.com /piracy.shtml (277 words)

	Software Piracy FAQ's
		The U.S. software piracy rate was 25 percent in 2001, up one percentage point from the previous year.
		It may not be okay as there has been an explosion of Internet piracy-the selling of illegal copies of software online.
		It is the responsibility of each and every software user to read and understand the license agreements of the products they use complies with copyright law.
	lrs.ed.uiuc.edu /wp/copyright-2002/softwarepiracyfaqs.html (1193 words)

	Fighting Piracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		But given enough time to scour the operating code for the lines that operate the software’s defenses, a skilled cracker can always find them and remove or disable them no matter how carefully they are hidden and disguised.
		In the software piracy game, the attacker always has the advantage — he is invisible, he has as much time as he needs and he is often as skilled as the defender.
		The defender can watch how the cracker operates, learn from the way he exploits the code and close the holes he exposes, but because of the open nature of the personal computer it is next to impossible to design a piece of software that can never be cracked.
	research.microsoft.com /crypto/piracy.asp (679 words)

	>> IRMA << Piracy >>
		Music Piracy is a 5 billion dollar worldwide problem.
		Ireland, with its rich musical tradition, is also a lucrative market for piracy, with music industry losses running to EURO3.8 million annually, this figure increases to EURO63.5 million when pirated software and videos are included.
		IRMA personnel are accepted by the Courts as experts in the identification of piracy.
	www.irma.ie /piracy.htm (263 words)

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