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The offences of piracy which existed in 1837 have since been abolished. The "crime of piracy" mentioned in section 2 is now defined by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (in section 26 and Schedule 5), [2] which simply sets out articles 101 to 103 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982):
In the United Kingdom, the whole Act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993. The Piracy Act 1698 was repealed for the Australian Capital Territory by section 6(1) of, and Part 4.11 of Schedule 4 to, the Statute Law Amendment Act 2002 (No 2). [3]
Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music, movies or software. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] History
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines in Article 101 (Definition of Piracy): [6] Piracy consists of any of the following acts: (a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed:
Piracy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to piracy. The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Piracy Bill during its passage through Parliament .
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A 2007 study in the Journal of Political Economy found that the effect of music downloads on legal music sales was "statistically indistinguishable from zero". [93] A report from 2013, released by the European Commission Joint Research Centre suggests that illegal music downloads have almost no effect on the number of legal music downloads. The ...
On its face, the r/piracy subreddit is an online forum for discussing the topic of digital piracy, but it can lead to the sharing of illegal content. Westend61/Getty Images