however; with the increased anonymity and ease of sharing information‚ piracy has become a very real issue for companies‚ both in and out of the workplace. Piracy can be segmented into two main industries; the multimedia industry which involves the copying of songs‚ videos and games‚ and the software industry which is the copying of software licences. For the purpose of this paper‚ we will be discussing the implications of software piracy‚ its effects on everyday businesses‚ and also briefly cover the
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Piracy in the Caribbean Most of us today think of pirates as something that exists only in movies and literature‚ but 300 years ago this was a very different story. Much unlike what you may see in today’s pop culture piracy was a very fair and democratic system where crew members could elect their own captains and where Africans were considered equal to whites‚ a truly revolutionary concept for its time‚ considering that the use of slaves was a common practice at the time. Piracy in the Caribbean
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Teach places several slow burning fuses under his hat‚ lighting each one by one[i]. With wisps of smoke billowing around his face‚ Blackbeard‚ the most treacherous pirate in history‚ emerges from his cabin to join the fight. In the golden age of piracy‚ Captain Edward Teach‚ more commonly known as Blackbeard‚ stands out as the fiercest and most important figure. Blackbeard and his crew successfully controlled commerce along the North Carolina and Virginia coast from 1717-1718. Blackbeard influenced
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The position of Iran on piracy in the Gulf of Aden Iran’s navy has rescued various foreign ships from the hands of pirates. Commander of the Iranian Navy said "The dispatch of the 21 fleets of warships to international waters in a three-year-long period and their 100% success in accomplishing missions signify the might and power of the Army’s naval force‚" Despite economic sanctions imposed by the west‚ Iran and its navy have still met its mandate to help save and protect foreign ships from pirates
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Outline Thesis: Modern seaborne piracy off the coast of Somalia can be controlled by making Somalia more safe and stable‚ improving the infrastructure‚ and finding individual or private solutions. Introduction I. Making Somalia more safe and stable A. Starting an effective government B. Establishing higher demands of security II. Improving Infrastructures A. Forming a steady and firm framework B. Creating and enforcing treaties
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Video piracy is a form of theft. Specifically‚ it refers to the unauthorized copying or use of intellectual property. Intellectual property is knowledge or expression that is owned by someone. One type of intellectual property is movies‚ which is protected by copyright law. Many of the issues dealing with piracy have to do with the difference between intellectual property and physical property. A DVD‚ for example‚ is a piece of physical property‚ but the video on the DVD are intellectual property
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Merriam-Webster ’s Collegiate Dictionary defines piracy as‚ "an act of robbery on the high seas or an act resembling such robbery" (885). From this we can define software piracy as an act of robbery on the information superhighway. Many people do not see it as such. Even though the average person would never consider going into a convenience store and stealing a stick of gum‚ many have no qualms about stealing thousands of dollars worth of software. In a study done by the Canadian Alliance Against
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The Film Piracy Problem The Film Piracy Problem Teacher Overview Film piracy is the illegal copying and distribution of movies in print‚ videos‚ DVDs or electronic files. New developments in digital technology make server-based or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing on the Internet convenient and relatively fast. A negative consequence of this new technology‚ however‚ is online theft of copyrighted material. This lesson introduces students to the problem of film piracy‚ focusing specifically on Internet
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Intellectual property is under attack by pirates. These pirates are not wearing an eye patch or sporting a peg leg‚ they are anybody and everybody who are selling or copying software for personal or business use. When it comes to software and online piracy‚ in certain countries‚ it is like the Wild West‚ there are laws that are very cut and dry but it seems like nobody follows them. On the other hand there are certain countries where it almost seems like anything goes with a lack of government regulation
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Bucher 02/05/2015 Piracy in the Middle Ages Piracy is the act of robbery or criminal violence on and around the high sea. The term can and is not limited to include any acts committed on land‚ in the air‚ in large bodies of water or on a shore. Piracy does not normally include the crimes committed against people traveling on the same vehicle as the possible criminal. The term‚ “Piracy” has been used throughout history as a reference to land-raids committed by non-state agents. Piracy or pirating is
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