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# One who [[plunder]]s at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often [[pillage|pillaging]] port towns. # One who [[plunder]]s at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often [[pillage|pillaging]] port towns.
-# {{rfv-sense}} One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without [[permission]]+# One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without [[permission]]
#* '''2001''', John Alderman, ''Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music'', page 178 #* '''2001''', John Alderman, ''Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music'', page 178
#*: And Gnutella, Freenet and other '''pirate''' tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies." #*: And Gnutella, Freenet and other '''pirate''' tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies."

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  1. One who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
  2. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission
    • 2001, John Alderman, Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music, page 178
      And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies."
    • 2004, David Lubar, Dunk, page 20
      They had watches that said Gucci or Rolex on them even though it was obvious they'd come straight here from some pirate factory in China.
    • 2008, Martha Vicinus, Caroline Eisner, Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age, page 21
      If we untangle the claim that technology has turned Johnny Teenager into a pirate, what turns out to be fueling it is the idea that if Johnny Teenager were to share his unauthorized copy with two million of his closest friends the effect on a record company would be pretty similar to the effect of some CD factory's creating two million CDs and selling them cheap.

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