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The Evil of Piracy

This article from The Times Online highlights the global problem caused by Real Pirates

Romantic gloss 'blinds public to the evil of piracy

PIRACY on the high seas, given a romantic gloss by films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, is a growing risk to seafarers, with 340 deaths since 1992.

The number of attacks has grown fivefold since the late 1980s, from 50 a year to more than 250 in each of the past seven years, according to a report by MPs. Last year there were 264 reported attacks, including an attempt to hijack the Seabourn Spirit, a cruise ship carrying British passengers, off Somalia.

More than 650 passengers and crew were taken hostage from ships last year; 152 were injured and 11 remain missing. Victims are often thrown overboard and left to drown. In 2003 British officers on board an Isle of Man-registered supply ship were held hostage until a ransom was paid.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Piracy - it isn't copyright theft and it isn't funny either.

Lets crack down on the Real Pirates.


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