Sentence examples for piracy law from inspiring English sources

Ashland, saying the government had not shown that the men's actions violated American piracy law.

Piracy law experts said a criminal trial would be historic, and a useful new approach to an age-old problem.

PAGE C1 Crackdown on Online Piracy Law enforcement agents are trying to stop unauthorized copying and distribution of software, especially by students.

To help countries fill this legal vacuum, the Comité Maritime International (CMI), a body of national maritime-law associations, has been drafting a model national piracy law, which should be ready by the end of the year.National efforts, however, can extend only as far as territorial waters.

A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday threw out piracy charges against six Somali men captured after an attack on a Navy ship off the coast of East Africa, saying the government had not shown that the men's actions violated American piracy law.

Samuel P. Menefee, a lawyer who has written and lectured on piracy law, said a trial would be significant because piracy in the waters off Somalia has become a growing concern, and the United States government has already used diplomatic and military approaches.

He said the proposed piracy laws were not good, but something needed to be done.

Mr. Obama angered his Hollywood supporters recently by siding with tech companies in the legislative battle over new online piracy laws.

However, most nations have junked archaic piracy laws and enacted no new ones, and therefore are reluctant to bring pirates to trial.

There were portable radios to retrieve, Internet piracy laws to test, acquaintances to beg for a dinner invitation — provided they subscribed to another cable provider.

In a statement, Greenpeace International's general counsel, Jasper Teulings, said the piracy charges showed "real desperation", and insisted that piracy laws did not apply to peaceful protests.