What's the difference between piracy and pirate?

Piracy


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or crime of a pirate.
  • (n.) 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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Example Sentences:

  • (1) The anti-piracy measures will be introduced across Google's main online search service, but not its subsidiary YouTube.
  • (2) Mandelson, who today unveiled plans to introduce measures including suspending the internet connections of illegal downloaders , argued that while less draconian than the French plan, the UK's approach would be tough enough to tackle online piracy.
  • (3) "They had taken some Iranian and Pakistani hostages so we had to separate them from the pirate suspects," said Lieutenant Commander Claus Krum, a veteran of five piracy missions.
  • (4) In 2014 News Corp complained to European Union that Google was a “platform for piracy”.
  • (5) Cox said: "These findings are important from a policy perspective, because they suggest campaigns that emphasise the harmful effects on the movie industry of piracy are much more likely to be effective than similar campaigns focusing on the music industry."
  • (6) The piracy charges have been broadly derided as having little basis in Russian law, partly as it is fairly clear to all involved that Greenpeace's intentions were never to steal or seize property from the Prirazlomnaya rig.
  • (7) This is an edited extract of a letter sent home last week by Alexandra Harris, one of the six Britons held on piracy charges in Russia following a Greenpeace protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.
  • (8) Google has done more than almost any other company to help tackle online piracy,” Rachel Whetstone, the former adviser to Conservative leader Michael Howard who is now Google’s senior vice president global communications, responded.
  • (9) The letter and the consensus reached by FAC come just days ahead of the closing of the government's consultation on how to tackle online piracy, which was sparked by June's publication of the Digital Britain report.
  • (10) How is an aspiring monkey photographer supposed to make it if she can’t stop the rampant internet piracy of monkey works?
  • (11) At the last Consumer Electronic Show, the British market intelligence firm Envisional presented its remarkable State of Digital Piracy Study ( PDF here ).
  • (12) In 2010 El Paid published WikiLeaks cables that showed the US government has consistently pushed for Spain to tighten up its online piracy legislation and threatened to put the country on its 301 watch list.
  • (13) "Google is committed to tackling piracy and our action is industry leading," he said.
  • (14) This was never set up with the intent to be some kind of piracy haven.
  • (15) Music industry bodies the IFPI and RIAA have renewed their attacks on Google, accusing the company of breaking its promise to downgrade piracy sites in its search rankings.
  • (16) Spacey said it would help the battle against piracy by releasing films in cinemas and on-demand simultaneously – a trend that has already begun with films such as Spacey's Margin Call and more recent releases such as Julianne Moore film What Maisie Knew.
  • (17) Google said it has already invested heavily in more advanced anti-piracy measures for YouTube.
  • (18) It has charged eight people ‑ four Estonians, two Russians and two Latvians ‑ with hijacking and piracy.
  • (19) Russia has charged eight people, mostly Estonians, with kidnapping and piracy.
  • (20) The Pay For Your Porn campaign, backed by publishers Adult Empire, argues that piracy is hurting the industry, and that porn fans need to take responsibility for that if they want the industry to remain sustainable.

Pirate


Definition:

  • (n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
  • (n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
  • (n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
  • (v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
  • (v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chew on this during the change: TBS notes that the Pirates are 69-17 when they score four or more runs....gulp.
  • (2) The Pirate Bay is one of the world's longest-running and biggest filesharing sites.
  • (3) Although unlicensed in the UK, because it uses satellites operated from Luxembourg, not unlike pirate radio, it is allowed to start unchallenged.
  • (4) Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry a music man Ballerina, you must have seen her, dancing in the sand And now she’s in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand For a moment it seemed possible that the person about to get out of the plane was a man of subtle taste and kindness, a man who could appreciate such beauty, who was secure enough in himself to set his arrival in Sacramento to the soundtrack of a 45-year-old song by a gay troubadour.
  • (5) "They had taken some Iranian and Pakistani hostages so we had to separate them from the pirate suspects," said Lieutenant Commander Claus Krum, a veteran of five piracy missions.
  • (6) The Edinburgh-born actor Lindsay Duncan, 58, who played Baroness Thatcher in a recent BBC TV film, was appointed a CBE, as was Welsh-born Jonathan Pryce, 62, who has recently appeared in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films.
  • (7) 10.35pm BST Cardinals 2 - Pirates 1, top of the 9th Freese grounds out to Pedro Alvarez at third, who makes quick work of it to get it to third before Freese reaches.
  • (8) Although it's not nearly as surprising as the Pittsburgh Pirates fighting toward the playoffs after 20 years of losing seasons , or the Kansas City Royals playing meaningful, September baseball for the first time in over a decade , but since stealing manager John Farrell away from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Red Sox have established themselves as the best team in the American League despite preseason predictions dooming them to repeat as the worst.
  • (9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.40am BST Pirates 5 - Reds 1, top of 7th On a 2-2 count, the crowd are up looking for Liriano's sixth strikeout of the night - they don't get it, but they do get ground ball out number 13 on a roller to third base which then heads over to first and retires the side.
  • (10) Mr Justice Arnold said in a written judgment: "In my judgment, the operators of [The Pirate Bay] do authorise its users' infringing acts of copying and communication to the public.
  • (11) When still a teenager O'Dwyer set up a website, TVShack, which posted links to pirated material.
  • (12) According to sources, the international coalition that has been spearheading the fight against the pirates drew up contingency plans in the summer of 2010, and again last year, for what was termed "over the beach" air strikes against Somali camps.
  • (13) When the Pirates (2-1) beat the St Louis Cardinals (1-2) in game three of the National League Divisional Series on Sunday afternoon, they positioned themselves to finally make a return visit to the NLCS.
  • (14) That ship has already sailed, carrying more than just pirates.
  • (15) It is being billed as a reunion for the team behind the multi-billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean film series – star Johnny Depp , producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.
  • (16) The decision follows prolonged behind-the-scenes lobbying by the music and film industries to get Google to demote the search position of sites which they say infringe their copyrights, such as the Pirate Bay.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 10.11pm BST Cardinals 2 - Pirates 0, top of the 8th Justin Wilson strikes out Matt Adams and now here's when things really starting to get interesting as Wacha is six outs away from a postseason no-hitter.
  • (18) "He is a pirate king of the Sahara," Jon Marks, a specialist in the region at the Chatham House thinktank, said after the gas plant attack.
  • (19) Another man in a pirate hat covered in voodoo dolls approached the screen, placing a live rooster on the stage as if offering it to the football gods.
  • (20) For assassination attempts, oil spills, pirates and a hellish inferno outside Waco, Texas – read on.