as in pirating
the act or pursuit of robbing ships at sea
many countries have harsh penalties for piracy now
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Recent Examples of piracy
At first, lawyers for the authors directly connected the piracy to OpenAI’s training of its models under a single umbrella.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
The reality is that all premium creative models in the moving-image space are being disrupted by low-cost ones, powered by AI, free platforms, and new forms of piracy.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The Live Tier includes real-time intelligence and technology to address piracy immediately, via relationships with law enforcement entities.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The 42-year-old tech leader has been at the helm since Spotify’s inception, when the company sought to revolutionize a music industry where iTunes dominated and music piracy via sites like LimeWire and Napster was flourishing.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
The reality is that all premium creative models in the moving-image space are being disrupted by low-cost ones, powered by AI, free platforms, and new forms of piracy.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The Live Tier includes real-time intelligence and technology to address piracy immediately, via relationships with law enforcement entities.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
The 42-year-old tech leader has been at the helm since Spotify’s inception, when the company sought to revolutionize a music industry where iTunes dominated and music piracy via sites like LimeWire and Napster was flourishing.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piracy
robbery
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Elk Grove detectives spotted the nine later identified as the team behind the two robberies in the parking lot of a nearby shopping center near Cosumnes River College just inside the Sacramento city limits.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The report, completed before the spectacular robbery, covered management of the Louvre from 2018 to 2024.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Piracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piracy. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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