This piracy is not taking place in US territorial waters. It’s taking place on the high seas, and does not involve children or other non-consenting third parties. Nobody is forced to go to sea to make a living.

Much of the "global economy" consists of identical commodities crossing oceans in both directions. I see no evidence that you or I benefit from that sort of thing. Why not let the corporations that own the shipping lines absorb the cost of hiring extra security?

A third-generation freethinker
To jenny: I was against it from the start.

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These tankers can not be that vulnerable in deep seas. How is piracy even possible?

Wench|Rogue Pirate

After seeing several adverts concerning copyright infringement and after seeing several movies with Johnny Depp, the question arose as to why the act of copyright infringement is referred to as Piracy when most definitions of the term refer the term to Illegal acts upon the high seas.

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I think the music companies and / or the media are trying to demonize their own customers.

In legal terms, what has murder and robbery on the high seas (ie Piracy) got to do with copyright infringement?

I think a high court judge would agree that someone found guilty of downloading copyrighted material from the internet would get in trouble for copyright infrindgement… but not theft.

Watch out the little © will report you to record compnies for being a pirate ! Eye Eye me harties…

Wench|Rogue Pirate

piracy as well as coastal intervention from insurgent forces?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_russia

I miss President Bush.
Hey Busta – t’aint no fillabusta

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_el_se/georgia_senate

Can you please recall the specifics told to you by my president when you consider this new evidence ?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_un_lebanon_hariri;_ylt=AinHTUUwXxQm4LyoQmUzsKwLewgF

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_08/December2152552RA.html

What kind of weapons and where are they coming from?
What are you hearing President Chavez? Please tell Raja

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• COLOMBO PAGE: Sri Lanka Tamil party to give evidence before the LLRC : Sri Lanka News Network
• Tensions Mount In Lebanon Over Hariri Murder Probe | KOSU Radio
• Tensions Mount In Lebanon Over Hariri Murder Probe | Morrison World News

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A U.S. destroyer off the coast of Somalia closed in Saturday on a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and ammunition, watching it to ensure the pirates who seized it do not try to remove any cargo or crew.
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In Somalia, a man claiming to be spokesman of the pirates holding the Ukrainian ship said the hijackers want million to release the vessel.
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Pirate attacks worldwide have surged this year and Africa remains the world’s top piracy hotspot, with 24 reported attacks in Somalia and 18 in Nigeria this year, according to the International Maritime Bureau’s piracy reporting center.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_piracy;_ylt=AoyNmRix2a0gyvyuhL8VWU.s0NUE

Arrrggh!!!

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• Hundreds Rally in Mogadishu in Support of Somalia’s New Prime Minister | Get Loans
• Pirate attacks increasing in Asian waters | Asian Correspondent

piracy is a common thing in country’s but piracy in high seas i dont think so ..
so how can we combat piracy as citizens and the government . how does it happen

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• Broadband Deemed Legal Right for Citizens of Finland – Techland – TIME.com
• To beat piracy on the high seas, the EU and India should recognise Somaliland – Telegraph Blogs
• To beat piracy on the high seas, the EU and India should recognise Somaliland | SomalilandPress.com