• Act of Piracy is a 1988 American/South African thriller film directed by John Cardos and starring Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer and Ray Sharkey. While enjoying...
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    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...
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    The Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished the death penalty for most offences of piracy...
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    The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was a proposed United States congressional bill to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to combat online copyright...
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    The Piracy Act 1698 (11 Will. 3. c. 7) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in the eleventh year of King William III. The main purpose behind...
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  • Piracy Bill during its passage through Parliament. The Piracy Act 1670 (22 & 23 Cha. 2. c. 11) The Piracy Act 1698 The Piracy Act 1717 The Piracy Act...
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    Operation Postmaster (category African theatres of World War II)
    he had in mind, and that the act would be seen as piracy and could lead to repercussions. Responding to the concerns of the GOC West Africa, the Admiralty...
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    of Piracy is a common designation for the period between the 1650s and the 1730s, when maritime piracy was a significant factor in the histories of the...
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    The Piracy Act 1717 (4 Geo. 1. c. 11), sometimes called the Transportation Act 1717 (1718 in New Style), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain...
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    Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission...
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    An Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy is an 1819 United States federal statute against piracy, amended in...
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    Arnold Vosloo (category Naturalized citizens of the United States)
    naturalized United States citizen[citation needed] after marrying his Act of Piracy and Skeleton Coast co-star Nancy Mulford; they divorced three years...
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    The Piracy Act 1721 (c.24) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title and preamble of the Act were: An Act for the more effectual suppressing...
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    Frequent incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the Singapore Strait have led to the area being labelled as an area of concern by the Regional Cooperation...
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    killed in battle, and for being the perpetrator of what has been called the most profitable act of piracy in history. Although Every's career as a pirate...
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    director, stepped into the role of Freud for one performance. In 1961, he was cast as B.E. Langard in the episode "Act of Piracy" of the ABC series, Adventures...
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    The following is the filmography of American actor Gary Busey. "Filmography". Gary Busey. Retrieved 25 August 2020. "Gary Busey". BFI. Archived from the...
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  • lives in Los Angeles, California. Belinda Taubman Bauer is the descendant of Nathaniel James Taubman, a prominent figure in the late 19th century paint...
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    Offences at Sea Act 1536, piracy, or raiding a ship without a valid commission, was an act of treason. By the late 17th century, the prosecution of privateers...
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    The Piracy Act 1670 (22 & 23 Cha. 2. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The whole Act was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to,...
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  • in piracy included 33 reports of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships to the International Maritime Bureau during the first quarter of the...
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  • Piracy off the coast of Somalia occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, and Somali Sea, in Somali territorial waters and other surrounding places...
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    Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music or software...
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  • This is a list of pirate films and TV series, primarily in the pirate film genre, about the Golden Age of Piracy from the 17th through 18th centuries...
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  • Born in the RSA, Act of Piracy (as "Cynthia") and in A Dry White Season (as "Emily"). In 1991, she joined with the original regular cast of the M-Net soap...
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  • version 11.10 of the Opera web browser Barracuda (1978 film), an American horror film Barracuda (1988 film), an Australian TV film Act of Piracy or Barracuda...
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  • This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1680s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates between 1680 and 1689. Bartholomew Sharp embarks...
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    authorized privateering contrasted with unlicensed captures of random ships, known as piracy, which was universally condemned. In practice, the differences...
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    Piracy in the 21st century (commonly known as modern piracy) has taken place in a number of waters around the world, including the Gulf of Guinea, Strait...
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  • International piracy law is international law that is meant to protect against piracy. Throughout history and legal precedents, pirates have been defined...
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