piracy

Piracy originally referred to criminal violence (such as trespassing and robbery) committed at sea, but today the term lends itself to an array of lawless acts, including copyright infringement, airplane hijacking, unregulated radio transmissions (pirate radio) and patent infringement. The term has also been used to refer to raids committed on land by paramilitary forces.

Traditional piracy at sea benefits from a romanticized image in contemporary popular culture, thanks to some picturesque characters such as Captain Hook, Long John Silver, and even the more recent Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates Of The Caribbean film series. Colorful language, a lust for hidden treasures, as well as the love of freedom and the open sea are some of the more common motifs to be encountered in pirate stories.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “piracy”

• in Entertainment
  Who's the Bad Guy--the FBI or MegaUpload?
  WE THE PEOPLE want our piracy and we want it now.
  by JerryFlattum / on Jan 31, 2012
• in Politics
  Lamar Smith: Blackout a Publicity Stunt, SOPA Markup Will Continue
  Lamar Smith says today's SOPA protest is a publicity stunt, using fear to spread misinformation
  by cblaha / on Jan 19, 2012
• in Technology
  Obama, Cantor: SOPA Stalled Until We Have Consensus
  Both Obama and House Majority Leader Cantor call for changes to the bill before it can move forward
  by cblaha / on Jan 17, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “piracy”

 

• Danish aid worker freed in US pirate raid

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 425
  Dramatic details of an overnight US raid in which two aid workers for the Danish Demining Group were freed from Somali pirates have begun to emerge. It is thought that nine kidnappers were killed and another six arrested when Navy Seals parachuted into a compound in the village of Hiimo Gaabo. Dane Poul Hagen ...
  2 hours ago

• Neil Young: Piracy Is The New Radio [Blockquote]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 864
  You cant beat an old rocker flying in the face of the man. Neil Young has decided to let everyone know what he thinks about piracy, and it turns out hes probably a fan of Megaupload. More »
  2 hours ago

• Barack Obama faces pressure over TVShack extradition case

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  US president asked to explain why America is trying to extradite British student Richard ODwyer over alleged copyright breach Barack Obama has come under pressure to explain American attempts to extradite a British student accused of breaking US copyright law, after a web campaign to raise awareness of the case ...
  1 day ago

• caitz1129:stfuconservatives:How Hollywood could kill movie...

  
  ViciousNeutral — Authority: 113
  caitz1129 : stfuconservatives : How Hollywood could kill movie piracy (if they wanted to) - Imgur Yup. This is why I can’t get behind the “We should only complain about privacy issues, not the end of free downloading” side of things, however well-meaning it is. It’s not about artistic integrity, it’s ...
  1 day ago

• Megaupload user data could be deleted in days

  
  Neown | Latest Gadget, Mobile, Camera, Tech News and Videos — Authority: 125
  All data stored on the Megaupload servers could be deleted by this Thursday (2 February), including subscribers’ personal and legitimate files. A letter filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia states that the storage companies used by Megaupload to house files, Carpathia Hosting ...
  1 day ago

• MegaUpload data reprieve: Safe until mid-February

  
  SlashGear — Authority: 793
  Legitimate user data stored with seized file-sharing service MegaUpload is safe from deletion until at least mid-February, the lawyer for the piracy-accused site has confirmed, though there’s still no way for users to actually access it. Having been taken down by US federal prosecutors earlier this month, the ...
  1 day ago

• Megaupload Data Could Be Erased This Week

  
  Believe in Technolust — Authority: 112
  All the data on  Megaupload  – legal or illegal – could be erased as soon as Thursday, Feb. 2, the Associated Press reports. The file storage website hires outside companies – Carpathia Hosting Inc. and Cogent Communications Group Inc – to store its users’ data. Since Megaupload’s assets have ...
  1 day ago

• Megaupload Data Could Be Erased This Week

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 879
  All the data on Megaupload – legal or illegal – could be erased as soon as Thursday, Feb. 2, the Associated Press reports. The file storage website hires outside companies – Carpathia Hosting Inc. and Cogent Communications Group Inc – to store its users’ data. Since Megaupload’s assets have been ...
  2 days ago

• Riskalyze CEO’s suggestions for retaliation against Hollywood

  
  Gadgetell — Authority: 133
  Aaron Klein, co-founder and CEO of Riskalyze , has formulated a few ideas to hypothetically retaliate against Hollywood in light of the SOPA/PIPA aftermath. I mean, if they want to dismantle the internet’s integrity so badly, the least we could do is hit them with equally absurd legislation, right? Here’s what ...
  2 days ago

• Megaupload data could be deleted this week

  
  Geek.com — Authority: 627
  Regardless of what you think about Megaupload, its users do have a legitimate claim to access the data stored on their accounts. While the service may have been mostly illegal content, paying users also stored personal documents, which are not in any way illegal. When Megaupload was seized by the feds, the service was ...
  2 days ago

• Google and IP Piracy

  
  IP TV Times — Authority: 106
  Eric Schmidt responded to Rupert Murdochs comment about Google being a "piracy leader" in a way which appears to suggest he has slightly lost his grip on reality. Given that Google and YouTube have pretty advanced image and text search tools the idea that poor old Google are struggling to get it right against the ...
  2 days ago

• ACTA Gets International Push Back

  
  Sakura no Kokoro — Authority: 85
  As we’ve posted earlier, members of the European Union sign ACTA into something of an existence–it still requires ratification from the European Union parliament–various EU citizens have decided to fight back against ACTA.  Unfortunately, while these protests are getting noticed, the ruling governments signed ...
  2 days ago

• MegaUpload data faces deletion from Thursday

  
  SlashGear — Authority: 793
  Data stored on seized file-sharing site MegaUpload  could be deleted from as early as Thursday this week, Federal prosecutors in the US have confirmed, after the company’s frozen assets stopped paying for the site’s hosting. MegaUpload’s attorney, Ira Rothken, has warned that the site has no way of continuing ...
  2 days ago

• Your Megaupload Data Could Be Deleted By Thursday [Megaupload]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 864
  Since the feds shut down Megaupload , theres been concern about what would happen to the user data stored using the service. Turns out that it may just be deleted, as early as this Thursday. More »
  2 days ago

• Lost Files, MegaUpload Users Plan to Sue the FBI

  
  Blog-ID — Authority: 111
  In most reports following the MegaUpload shutdown , the site is exclusively portrayed as a piracy haven. However, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people used the site to share research data, work documents, personal video collections. As of today, these people are still unsure whether they will ever get ...
  3 days ago

• Megaupload Song By Dan Bull

  
  Blog-ID — Authority: 111
  While the takedown of Megaupload last week came as somewhat of a shock, some things in life are a little more predictable – like the speed and sharpness of UK artist Dan Bull. Dan, who has covered many online issues such as those involving The Pirate Bay and SOPA, is back again today with another track, this time ...
  3 days ago

• Pirates of the Mediterranean

  
  The Olive Press — Authority: 476
  With Wikipedia launching a blackout in protest over new anti-piracy legislation and with 98 per cent of music in Spain illegally downloaded, Wendy Williams looks at why piracy is such a hot topic and what the new Sinde Law means for Spain…
  3 days ago

• 15 Categories that constitute Cybercrime

  
  Lucius on Security — Authority: 108
  It is acknowledgedthat there is no comprehensive definition for Cybercrime. Definitions vary, ascybercrime is a new and rapidly evolving theme. Cybercrimes are crimes that a) aretargeted against a computer system such as the theft of data or serviceinterruption or b) crimes perpetuated through the use of a computer ...
  3 days ago

• ACTA Anger: Polish protests grow into anti-govt rage - YouTube

  
  Web Links — Authority: 130
  Protests are raging on in Warsaw against the signing of a new treaty, which enforces intellectual property rights on the internet. Opponents say the internat...
  3 days ago

• Why is it so hard to fight pirates

  
  socbo | Social Bookmarks — Authority: 143
  Somali Pirates have been know for controlling the headlines of newspaper on the recent years. Their crimes and tactics took many people by surprise as an unknown threat that became source of fear and terror. Crew members and tourists sailing the Indian Sea are very aware that Somali pirates operate on the location and ...
  4 days ago

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