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Trump is the biggest Pirate the world has ever seen: 'We don't want others getting Masks'

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Now if you the reader would expect us as Europeans to cheer such a statement then you must have been dropped in your head as a baby. Maybe you Trumptards out there see this as a good thing, maybe you see this as a very patriotic action or something, Trump caring for America or whatever, but hey what about Italy, Spain and France who so far have been the hardest hit? They don’t deserve any masks... 

Migrants turn to Piracy in Malta, Hijack Ship that Pitied them

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An island nation with a small 1,700-troop army, Malta spent the last three years creating its own elite rapid-response team. The unit entered the spotlight this week after a dramatic raid on a tanker, hijacked by asylum seekers. The Maltese special operations team seized the ship on Thursday morning. The raid was difficult because it wasn’t immediately clear how many migrants participated in the... 

How the US pressured Sweden to shut down Pirate Bay revealed

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The extent of US influence over Sweden’s crackdown on Pirate Bay has been revealed over a decade later, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request by TorrentFreak. The documents show the methods used by the US government to pressure Sweden to crack down on the torrent site a decade ago. Pirate Bay was discussed at the highest political level, TorrentFreak reports. The US government responded... 

Alibaba's New Year's resolution, to change its cheap knock-off reputation

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is starting 2016 with the goal of winning the trust of investors, sellers and buyers. The company plans to crack down on unauthorized merchandise sold on its platform. Alibaba is highly dependent on its home market which generates more than 80 percent of the company’s revenue. But with pressure from the slowing Chinese economy, the company set a strategy for international... 

Malaysian plane’s communication system 'was disabled before it disappeared'

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It is very likely flight MH370 had its communications “deliberately disabled” before it went missing, but there has been no confirmation the plane was hijacked, Malaysian PM Najib Razak said at a press conference. “There is a high degree of certainty” that the communications systems of flight MH370 were disabled by someone on board the plane, Razak said. Citing evidence from satellite images... 

‘Pirated’ Boeing 777 may return to skies as stealth nuclear weapon

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Exclusive investigation: The 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may still be alive. This stunning realization is now supported by considerable emerging evidence detailed in this article. At the same time, the “vanished” Boeing 777 may also be in a hanger in Iran right now, being retrofitted with nuclear weapons and turned into a suicide bomb to be deployed over a major city in the... 

5 Somalis Brought to South Korea to Be Tried for Piracy

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A Somali pirate, hooded, arrives at South Regional Headquarters Korea Coast Guard in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday. Five Somali pirates captured during a raid on a hijacked cargo ship in the Arabian Sea were brought Sunday to South Korea, where they could face life imprisonment, the coast guard said. The men were arrested as South Korean commandos raided the South Korean-operated Samho Jewelry earlier... 

Microsoft Moves to Help Nonprofits Avoid Piracy-Linked Crackdowns

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Microsoft is vastly expanding its efforts to prevent governments from using software piracy inquiries as a pretext to suppress dissent. It plans to provide free software licenses to more than 500,000 advocacy groups, independent media outlets and other nonprofit organizations in 12 countries with tightly controlled governments, including Russia and China. With the new program in place, authorities... 

Secret ACTA Agreement Leaked!

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ACTA Mafia Click here to download the full ACTA agreement PDF file. The leaked ACTA agreement! Soon to be copy pasted into a law near you. “It provides for criminalization of copyright infringement, granting law enforcement the powers to perform criminal investigation, arrests and pursue criminal citations or prosecution of suspects who MAY have infringed on copyright” There is a section... 

Somali pirate arrives in NYC, awaits court hearing

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A Somali teenager arrived to face what are believed to be the first piracy charges in the United States in more than a century, smiling but saying nothing as he was led into a federal building under heavy guard. Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain, was to appear in a courtroom Tuesday on what were expected to be piracy and hostage-taking... 
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