Examples of piracy

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Piracy is a cross-border phenomenon and it also infringes the intellectual property laws.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
There is also a more sinister side to this counterfeiting and piracy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The object of the directive is to create uniform ground rules for combating product piracy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Everyone, throughout the world, must collaborate in investigating and combating this perfidious piracy, which has no country of origin.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The idea of a multilateral agreement to combat piracy and counterfeiting may be an effective mechanism for curbing such activities.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are disappointed that the complete compromise, including this anti-piracy provision, has not been approved.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Government-led campaigns should increasingly focus on the social costs of counterfeiting and piracy, such as health and safety.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
No less revealing was die supposedly sober businessman's readiness to enter the highly dangerous and speculative world of piracy.
Publishers continued printing and reprinting, despite the severe penalties for piracy specified in privileges.
Of course, this worries the record companies, because the potential for piracy is great.
Works would be protected from piracy and concentrated in one place for preservation and migration.
Other critics have also been interested in the relation between piracy, trade, and empire.
Examples of aggravated larceny included highway robbery, burglary, attacks by footpads and piracy.
The competition between the corsairs and the janissaries went beyond recruiting to raising revenue (especially involving piracy, the most fruitful source of funds).
Piracy may be very damaging to trade; but if carried on by the merchants themselves, it can obviously stimulate it.
Even today, software piracy is seen as "stealing" by some.
The major record companies argue that internet piracy "plays a significant role in the decline in music sales".
By 1576 county piracy commissions struggled to cope.
Their official task would be to combat piracy.
In the case of 'piracy', these representative bodies have had some success influencing policy by adopting an inclusive and indistinct definition of who they represent.
The paper begins by distinguishing bootlegging and taping from other types of music piracy, and then explains the sources of the material involved.
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