piracy 音标拼音: [p'ɑɪrəsi]
n . 海盗行为,剽窃,著作权侵害
海盗行为,剽窃,着作权侵害
piracy 侵犯专利权
piracy n 1 :
hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts ;
taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it ; "
air piracy " [
synonym : {
piracy },
{
buccaneering }]
2 :
the act of plagiarizing ;
taking someone '
s words or ideas as if they were your own [
synonym : {
plagiarism }, {
plagiarization },
{
plagiarisation }, {
piracy }]
Piracy \
Pi "
ra *
cy \,
n .;
pl . {
Piracies }. [
Cf .
LL .
piratia ,
Gr . ?.
See {
Pirate }.]
1 .
The act or crime of a pirate .
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2 . (
Common Law )
Robbery on the high seas ;
the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence ;
without lawful authority ,
and with intent to steal ; --
a crime answering to robbery on land .
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Note :
By statute law several other offenses committed on the seas (
as trading with known pirates ,
or engaging in the slave trade )
have been made piracy .
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3 . "
Sometimes used ,
in a quasi -
figurative sense ,
of violation of copyright ;
but for this ,
infringement is the correct and preferable term ." --
Abbott .
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{
software piracy }
PIRACY ,
crim .
law .
A robbery or forcible depreciation on the high seas ,
without lawful authority ,
done animo furandi ,
in the spirit and intention of universal hostility .
5 Wheat .
153 ,
163 ;
3 Wheat .
610 ;
3 Wash .
C .
C .
R .
209 .
This is the definition of this offence by the law of nations .
1 Kent ,
Com .
183 .
The word is derived from peira deceptio ,
deceit or deception :
or from peiron wandering up and down ,
and resting in no place ,
but coasting hither and thither to do mischief .
Ridley '
s View ,
Part 2 ,
c .
1 ,
s .
3 .
2 .
Congress may define and punish piracies and felonies on the high seas ,
and offences against the law of nations .
Const .
U .
S .
Art .
1 ,
s .
7 ,
n .
10 ;
5 Wheat .
184 ,
153 ,
76 ;
3 Wheat .
336 .
In pursuance of the authority thus given by the constitution ,
it was declared by the act of congress of April 30 ,
1790 ,
s .
8 ,
1 Story '
s Laws U .
S .
84 ,
that murder or robbery committed on the high seas ,
or in any river ,
haven ,
or bay ,
out of the jurisdiction of any particular state ,
or any offence ,
which ,
if committed within the body of a county ,
would ,
by the laws of the United States ,
be punishable with death ,
should be adjudged to be piracy and felony ,
and punishable with death .
It was further declared ,
that if any captain or manner should piratically and feloniously run away with a vessel ,
or any goods or merchandise of the value of fifty dollars ;
or should yield up such vessel voluntarily to pirates ;
or if any seaman should forcible endeavor to hinder his commander from defending the ship or goods committed to his trust ,
or should make revolt in the ship ;
every such offender should be adjudged a pirate and felon ,
and be punishable with death .
Accessaries before the fact are punishable as the principal ;
those after the fact with fine and imprisonment .
3 .
By a subsequent act ,
passed March 3 ,
1819 ,
3 Story ,
1739 ,
made perpetual by the act of May 15 ,
1820 ,
1 Story ,
1798 ,
congress declared ,
that if any person upon the high seas ,
should commit the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations ,
he should ,
on conviction ,
suffer death .
4 .
And again by the act of May 15 ,
1820 ,
s .
3 ,
1 Story ,
1798 ,
congress declared that if any person should ,
upon the high seas ,
or in any open roadstead ,
or in any haven ,
basin or bay ,
or in any river where the sea ebbs and flows ,
commit the crime of robbery in or upon any ship or vessel ,
or upon any of the ship '
s company of any ship or vessel ,
or the lading thereof ,
such person should be adjudged to be a pirate ,
and suffer death .
And if any person engaged in any piratical cruise or enterprize ,
or being of the crew or ship '
s company of any piratical ship or vessel ,
should land from such ship or vessel ,
and ,
on shore ;
should commit robbery ,
such person should be adjudged a pirate and suffer death .
Provided that the state in which the offence may have been committed should not be deprived of its jurisdiction over the same ,
when committed within the body of a county ,
and that the courts of the United States should have no jurisdiction to try such offenders ,
after conviction or acquittal ,
for the same offence ,
in a state court .
The 4th and 5th sections of the last mentioned act declare persons engaged in the slave trade ,
or in forcibly detaining a free negro or mulatto and carrying him in any ship or vessel into slavery ,
piracy ,
punishable with death .
Vide 1 Kent ,
Com .
183 ;
Beaussant ,
Code Maritime ,
t .
1 ,
p .
244 ;
Dalloz ,
Diet .
Supp .
h .
t .;
Dougl .
613 ;
Park '
s Ins .
Index ,
h .
t .
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .;
16 Vin .
Ab .
346 ;
Ayl .
Pand .
42 11 Wheat .
R .
39 ;
1 Gall .
R .
247 ;
Id .
524 3 W .
C .
C .
R .
209 ,
240 ;
1 Pet .
C .
C .
R .
118 ,
121 .
PIRACY ,
torts .
By piracy is understood the plagiarisms of a book ,
engraving or other work ,
for which a copyright has been taken out .
2 .
When a piracy has been made of such a work ,
an injunction will be granted .
5 Ves .
709 ;
4 Ves .
681 ;
12 Ves .
270 .
Vide copyright .
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