The Golden Age of Piracy - Caribbean Culture
Pirates have existed since ancient times, but the most notorious reign of piracy occurred during the 1700's in the Caribbean Sea. The phenomenon was, in some ways, inevitable. Spain, England and France had sufficiently resolved long standing ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Contemporary Maritime Piracy in Southeast Asia: History, ...
 Excellent Introductory Book on the Subject: The author has done a great job linking historical and cultural influences on today's maritime security challenges. He points out that often the Western media (or Western historical documents and journals) will [... more]
$49.90
Amazon.com |
Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age Netherlands
This exciting scholarly work examines Dutch maritime violence in the seventeenth-century. With its flourishing maritime trade and lucrative colonial possessions, the young Dutch Republic enjoyed a cultural and economic pre-eminence, becoming the leading [... more]
$75.00
eBooks |
The Market Function of Piracy
In marketing the most effective way to introduce new products is the free sample. In 1978 Lever Brothers spent $15 million ($47.55 million in today's currency) delivering a free sample of Signal Mouthwash to two-thirds of all US households. The ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Software Piracy Exposed
For every $2 worth of software purchased legally, $1 worth of software is pirated illegally. For the first time ever, the dark underground of how software is stolen and traded over the internet is revealed. The technical detail provided will open the [... more]
$18.03
A1 Books |
Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement
Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement [... more]
$96.60
A1 Books |
Software Piracy Shows Small Decline in U.S.
A study shows that software piracy is on the decline in the United States, but it remains a problem that is dragging on the economy and costing jobs. The U.S. piracy rate dropped two points from 2001, going from 25 percent to 23 percent, ... [... more]
ClickZ |
Privacy Or Piracy?
With all this talk about permission marketing, profiling, and patient access to their own medical records, you'd think information about you belonged to everyone else but you. Earlier this month, during hearings by the Federal Trade Commission ... [... more]
ClickZ |
ISPs, Web Sites Must Tackle Piracy, Says CBS, Viacom Chief
Internet service providers, Web site operators and manufacturers of devices that are used by some to pirate content should play a part in stamping out that piracy, Sumner Redstone, chairman and controlling shareholder of both Viacom and CBS, said ... [... more]
CIO |
New Salvo in Piracy, Privacy War
The RIAA asks a federal court to order Verizon Internet Services to turn over information on one of its subscribers, which the court does. Verizon demurs. The issue is far from closed. By Brad King. Brad King 08.21.02 The music industry's trade ... [... more]
Wired |
Monster.com supports database protection bill
MONSTER.COM IS THE newest member of the Coalition Against Database Piracy (CADP), a Washington-based organization formed about three years ago to lobby Congress in favor of a bill to deter database piracy. The bill is supported by small and large ... [... more]
Info World |
Pirates and Piracy (Dover Maritime Books)
Uber Britannia: Not your run of the mill pirate history, the author covers a broad range from the Vikings through the South Sea pirates. There is a certain flavor of pulp fiction to the prose and I'm afraid at least a little bit of fictionalization in [... more]
$12.95
Amazon.com |
