Noun
The act or crime of a pirate.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPiracy is almost always a service problem. Gabe Newell
Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy is so huge there. It will be a while before bigger movies go out in all formats; in five years, everything will. Steven Soderbergh
The approach that the music industry took to fight piracy was the wrong strategy. MC Hammer
Piracy has destroyed the domestic market. Zhang Yimou
They successfully combined piracy and puritanism, which aren't so unlike when you come right down to it. Both had a strong dislike for opposition and both had a roving eye for other people's property. John Steinbeck
Piracy is our only option. Emma Thompson