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Joe Biden: Piracy’s New Enemy
Joe Biden’s earliest tryst against piracy came in 2002, when he drafted a letter to the Justice Department, urging action against people who ‘intentionally’ allow copying over p2p networks. Then last year, Biden supported an RIAA-led ...

Saudis vow to join fight against maritime piracy
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it will join the international fight against piracy, and a Somali official vowed to try to rescue the hijacked Saudi oil supertanker by force if necessary.

The Future of Piracy
As I noted before piracy in the Caribbean and Atlantic was only tamped down by the United States and the United Kingdom in the 19th century with a combination of changes in the law and naval might. If the Saudi navy isn’t up to the task ...

MacBooks Enter a Golden Age of Anti-piracy Cruft: HDCP For All
It has come to pass that HDCP - High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (or, in this case, DisplayPort Content Protection) - is now built into the new MacBooks to protect iTunes Store media. Most of the content is not protected but it ...

Why worry about piracy?
On the one hand he states that the "only way to stop piracy off Somali is to sort out what is happening on land". Given the recent history of Somalia, this is not plausible. His other idea, for governments to commit more naval resources ...

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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:03:00 GMT

Lawless tradition of piracy off the coast of Somalia
Piracy also reflects political trends in Somalia, including the resurgence of warlordism and Islamism since the collapse of the last...
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:54:00 GMT

Roundup: Anti-piracy law under attack, SEC goes after Mark Cuban and...
Harvard professor attacks music industry law — Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson will attempt to overturn the Digital Theft Deterrence
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:22:00 GMT

2D Boy Explains World of Goo '90 Percent Piracy' Methodology
World of Goo creator 2D Boy estimates that in the month since the game's launch, the piracy rate for the game's PC version is approximately 90
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Joe Biden: Piracy’s New Enemy
Most notably, how do the new guys plan to tackle issues like online piracy?
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:24:00 GMT

Arabs to coordinate efforts in fighting against piracy near Red Sea
CAIRO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Arab countries overlooking the ...

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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:44:29 -0800

Saudi Tanker Apparently Not Freed
After the ruffle of the earlier Reuters story (see below), it appears that the Saudi supertanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean has not been freed. All media reporting today is about how it is headed toward a Somali port and efforts to negotiate a ransom. UPDATE: The UK’s Times carries a fresh story with official Saudi government reaction to the hijacking. Let’s say that the Saudis are not amused: Saudis label pirates ‘terrorists’ after $100m loss International Herald Tribune report
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:40:53 -0800

Energy News of the Day
“China National Nuclear Corp., the nation’s biggest nuclear plant builder, said a decline in the spot price of uranium will affect the country’s exploration for the fuel at home and overseas.” - Bloomberg “Petro-Canada, the country’s third- largest oil company, has delayed the C$25.3 billion ($20.6 billion) Fort Hills oil-sands mining project in Alberta because of rising costs and falling oil prices.” - Bloomberg “Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi supertanker loaded with crude hundreds of miles
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:35:34 -0800

Supertanker Seizure Ups Stakes In Piracy Battle
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:30:54 -0800

Somali piracy and the Sirius Star tanker hijack
18 November 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) | International Sunday, 16 November, 2008 Second Life and the Marxist theory of alienation HAVING a bit on the side in cyber reality is now grounds for divorce, it seems. Married couple Amy Taylor and David Pollard - sorry, I meant to say ‘Laura Skye’and ‘Dave Barmy‘, obviously - are going their separate ways, after she found his Second Life avatar engaged in a spot of virtual nookie with some pixellated hussy who goes by the moniker of Mo
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:28:32 -0800

And so it goes...
Oil Tanker Waylaid by Pirates - WSJ.com The US Navy, in the person of Admiral Mike Mullen, is "stunned" at the level of piracy off Somalia. Which no doubt explains why they are so effective, and the west is so ineffective. This was significant because the pirates are venturing farther out to sea, beyond what the international community had considered safe. That line had been about 200 miles,

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