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Anti-piracy
Anti-piracy may refer to: * Anti-piracy, protection against copying of computer software. * Piracy#Anti-piracy measures anti-piracy measures, measures to counter maritime pirates. See also * Pirate (other) A pirate is a person who commits acts of piracy at sea without the authorization of any nation. Pirate(s) or piracy may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Air pirate, a character archetype in science fiction and ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copy Protection
Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy prevention and copy restriction, describes measures to enforce copyright by preventing the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media. Copy protection is most commonly found on videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, HD-DVDs, computer software discs, video game discs and cartridges, audio CDs and some VCDs. Some methods of copy protection have also led to criticism because it caused inconvenience for paying consumers or secretly installed additional or unwanted software to detect copying activities on the consumer's computer. Making copy protection effective while protecting consumer rights remains a problem with media publication. Terminology Media corporations have always used the term copy protection, but critics argue that the term tends to sway the public into identifying with the publishers, who favor restriction technologies, rather than with the users. Copy prevention and copy control may be more neu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, vessels used for piracy are pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples, a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilisations. Narrow channels which funnel shipping into predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well as for privateering and commerce raiding. Historic examples include the waters of Gibraltar, the Strait of Malacca, Madagascar, the Gulf of Aden, and the English Channel, whose geographic structures facilitated pirate attacks. The term ''piracy'' generally refers to maritime piracy, although the term has been generalized to refer to acts committed on land, in the air, on computer networks, and (in scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirate (other)
A pirate is a person who commits acts of piracy at sea without the authorization of any nation. Pirate(s) or piracy may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Air pirate, a character archetype in science fiction and fantasy * List of fictional pirates * Space pirate, a character archetype in science fiction Films * ''Pirates'' (1986 film), an adventure/comedy directed by Roman Polanski * ''Pirates'' (2005 film), a pornographic film * ''Pirates'' (2021 film), a British film * '' Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge'' (2008), a pornographic film * ''Pirates 4-D'', a 1999 3-D short attraction film primarily used in theme parks * ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' (film series) * ''The Pirate'' (1948 film), an American musical film * ''The Pirate'' (1973 film), a Hong Kong film * ''The Pirate'' (1978 film), an American TV movie directed by Ken Annakin * ''The Pirate'' (1984 film), a French film * ''The Pirates'' (2014 film), a South Korean period/adventur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
