pirated
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The biggest players in Silicon Valley are building data centers to more efficiently run copyright-infringement machines built on terabytes of pirated material.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Due to its global popularity, football has been found to be pirated at an "industrial scale", according to analysts.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But he already was pricing his model to undercut Western models, which he was suspected partly of having pirated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Dozens of packages stuffed with shiny football jerseys have piled up in a Mexico City warehouse, each with a sticker reading "seized merchandise" -- pirated products for the 2026 World Cup.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Mary Anne searched her purse for a Kleenex, but pulled out instead a teaspoon pirated from her mother’s silver service.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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