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What does piracy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word piracy? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
  2. A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
  3. The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
  4. The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
  5. (ornithology) Kleptoparasitism.
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Film producers tend to blame cable TV and video piracy for their misfortunes.
Monday's story in the Wall Street Journal about Academy DVD screeners and their vulnerability to piracy was slightly silly.
The RIAA, on behalf of its members, fights to stop the piracy of digital music files using what some would call strong-arm tactics.
In 1976, movie studios sued Sony over its Betamax videotape recorder, claiming it facilitated piracy.
It is these inequalities that bedevil the operations of the troubled music companies, as much as piracy.
It held such crimes to be offences against the law of nations, much as was the traditional crime of piracy.

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