PIRATES

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Pirate or piracy may refer to:

In criminology

• Sea piracy, committed by pirates, the original meaning of the term
• Aircraft hijacking, also known as "air piracy"

In intellectual property

• Copyright infringement, the unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted material
  • Copyright infringement of software
  • Warez, a term used to describe illegally distributed copyrighted material
  • Pirate decryption, the reception of pay TV or radio signals through illegal means
• Software hoarding, Term for copyleft infringement
• Trademark infringement
• Patent infringement
  • Patent pirate
• Biopiracy, unauthorized use of biological resources
• Yoga piracy, the misappropriation of postures and techniques

Entertainment

See also: List of fictional pirates

• Pirates of the Burning Sea, a MMORPG currently in limited beta
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, a 2003 Walt Disney movie
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a 2006 Walt Disney movie
• Pirates (porn film), a 2005 pornographic film billed as "the biggest production in adult history."
• Sid Meier's Pirates!, a series of popular computer games
• Lego Pirates, a LEGO theme featuring pirates
• Pirates (film), by Roman Polanski starring Walter Matthau
• Pirate (film), a 2006 Hindi film directed by Priyadarshan starring Shreyas Talpade & Deepika Padukone
• Piracy (comic), a 1950s comic book
• Pirates of the Spanish Main, a constructible strategy game by Wizkids
• Pirates of Silicon Valley, a TV movie about Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and the dawn of the personal computer
• Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates, a piracy themed MMORPG
• Space pirate, in fictional works, is someone who commits acts of interplanetary piracy

Sports teams

• Pittsburgh Pirates (Major League Baseball)
• Bristol Rovers F.C. (Association football)
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (National Football League)
• Oakland Raiders (National Football League)
• East Carolina University (NCAA - Conference USA)
• Seton Hall University (NCAA - Big East Conference)
• Portland Pirates (American Hockey League)
• Cornish Pirates (Rugby union)

Other uses

• Pirate (art gallery), in Denver, Colorado
• Pirate radio, unauthorized radio broadcasts
• Unpaid participation in sporting events held on public roads, such as bicycle challenge riding
• Pirate Party, a Swedish political party striving to reform laws regarding intellectual property
• The Pirate, one of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels
• Pirate, a Great Western Railway 4-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotive

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