Definition of Piracy

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Piracy

The act or crime of a pirate.

Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land.

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Piracy Quotations

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
Steve Jobs

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
David Lloyd George

Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before bigger movies go out in all formats; in five years, everything will.
Steven Soderbergh

The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations.
John Bruton

The Internet is both great and terrible. As a source of information, a tool for delivering music and art, it's great. But spamming ads and piracy of music is terrible. It's stealing.
Gary Wright

Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.
Zhang Yimou

Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation.
Joe Krauss

Fight piracy; don't squash innovation.
Joe Krauss

Piracy Translations

piracy in French is piraterie

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