(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.
Rapine
Definition:
(n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.