Imagine witnessing the trial of a pirate who was trying to prove to the Admiralty Court that he was a privateer. There were many different types of pirates. Being one and not another "could mean the difference between life and death" (Konstam 10). There were three main types of pirates: buccaneers‚ corsairs‚ and privateers. First‚ buccaneers‚ from the French word boucanier‚ were pirates who were stationed in the Caribbean. They consisted mostly of runaways‚ fugitives‚ and seamen who deserted their
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Zach Nading Period 3 Insert title here Nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars will be lost by 2015 from pirated content. With sites like The Pirate Bay and Kickass torrents making it as simple as a few clicks away‚ downloading illegal copies of music‚ TV shows‚ movies and other software has never been easier. In the second quarter of 2014‚ an estimated 10 billion movies‚ TV shows and many other files had been downloaded worldwide. Six percent of that was illegal downloads‚ 600 million illegal downloads
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MORDENISATION OF INDIAN ARMY F INSAS…. The F-INSAS program[edit] F-INSAS has been taken up to equip Indian infantry with advanced weaponry‚ communication network and instant access to information on the battlefield.[1] This program is similar to the future soldier programs of other nations. F-INSAS includes a fully networked all-terrain‚ all-weather personal-equipment platform‚ enhanced firepower and mobility for the digitalised battlefield of the future.[2] The weight carried by soldiers
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There were many changes in marketing and distribution of films from end of the silent period to the modern digital period. There was a studio system that existed at the end of the silent period and collapsed in 1949 with a court ruling. During this same time a sales era of marketing existed. After the Second World War the sales era was replaced with a new way of thinking and sales and marketing were not synonymous anymore. Marketing after World War II meant finding out what consumers’ needs and wants
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on the coursework they have studied. Specific instructions are given to the ship crew on pirates such as history of pirate‚ timings of attack and kinds of weaponry they use .Special emphasis is laid on the best management practices to obstruct piracy. The main training is based on proper communication which enables the crew to stay up to date with the on shore officer’s instructions‚ possible ship routes and high risk areas which
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downloading and the projected loss of sales: “ In 2002‚ the RIAA reported that CD sales had fallen by 8.9 percent‚ from 882 million to 803 million units; revenues fell 6.7 percent. This confirms a trend over the past few years. The RIAA blames Internet piracy for the trend‚ though there are many other causes that could account for this drop. SoundScan‚ for example‚ reports a more than 20 percent drop in the number of CDs released since 1999. That no doubt accounts for some of the decrease in sales... But
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Egger 2 Since Somalia’s government collapsed‚ there has been terror not only on the streets but also on the seas‚ and the fishermen that once fished along around Somalia’s coasts have lost their jobs. As Jeffery Gettleman writes in a article about Somalia’s coast; Nuclear power companies started to pay to have their nuclear waste taken to Somalia and dumped because it an easy way to get rid of nuclear waste. The waste hurt the fish population and the fishermen lost their jobs (Gettleman). Anouk
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1958 CONVENTION ON THE HIGH SEAS Adopted at Geneva‚ Switzerland on 29 April 1958 [http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/8_1_1958_high_seas.pdf] ARTICLE 1 3 ARTICLE 2 3 ARTICLE 3 3 ARTICLE 4 4 ARTICLE 5 4 ARTICLE 6 4 ARTICLE 7 4 ARTICLE 8 4 ARTICLE 9 5 ARTICLE 10 5 ARTICLE 11 5 ARTICLE 12 5 ARTICLE 13 6 ARTICLE 14 6 ARTICLE 15 6 ARTICLE 16 6 ARTICLE 17 7 ARTICLE 18 7 ARTICLE 19 7 ARTICLE 20 7 ARTICLE 21 7 ARTICLE 22 7 ARTICLE 23 8 ARTICLE 24
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annually. The Gulf of Aden is a vital waterway for shipping‚ especially for Persian Gulf oil‚ making it an integral waterway in the world economy. The Gulf of Aden is an area known for acts of piracy‚ earning it the nickname “Pirate Alley”‚ and making its waters dangerous for transport. The main cause of piracy in the gulf is the lack of any viable government in Somalia which has been defined by the state of civil war since 1991. The International Maritime Bureau reported over two dozen actual and attempted
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The Rise of Digital Piracy and the fall of the Music Industry Imagine hearing your favorite band’s new song on the radio for the first time. You love it‚ and the moment you get home you head straight for your computer and find the song on iTunes. Upset with the fact that you would have to pay $1.29 for the song‚ you search the Internet and find one of the many digital piracy websites and download the song illegally. Sure‚ you may have obtained the song for free‚ but you have also just stolen
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