piracy
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A judge ruled the AI company could use books for training in some circumstances, but the “fair use” argument didn’t cover millions of books that Anthropic obtained from known ebook piracy sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The security ministry also issued a statement expressing opposition to "bombings by international warships targeting civilians" that "undermined co-operation… in combatting piracy", and demanded an immediate explanation for why they were carried out.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
This year's figures, however, remain far below those recorded in 2011, when piracy in the region peaked.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Netflix in a statement said it is conducting an investigation and is offering to monitor piracy sites for any unauthorized distribution or sale of the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Despite the lure of piracy, he decided that dinner would be a good idea.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Three are found in Article I, Section 8: counterfeiting, piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against international law.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
The piracies represented an oddly terrifying juxtaposition of technology and barbarism, an almost science-fiction quality of civilization in a retrograde time machine, stranded abruptly in a desert waste.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Not in the case of Blackbeard," snapped the Councilor, "because we know it would be violated as soon as this treacherous villain could safely return to his piracies."
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
He also added Durer's signature to his piracies, and in other ways emphasised the imitation.
From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Joseph Kirkbride
The best measure, however, of the Saxon piracies is to be found in two terms, each of which has always commanded the attention of investigators—the names Saxones Bajocassini and Littus Saxonicum.
From The Ethnology of the British Islands by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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