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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Economic Crisis Triggers Global Crime Wave

Crisis gives globalized crime gangs opportunity to flourish

Apr 7, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The global economic crisis has been a massive stimulus package for violent crime worldwide, Michael Klare writes in Salon. Crime syndicates are finding it easy to recruit from the growing ranks of the unemployed and desperate, the professor writes, and their increasing power is weakening the governments of "... More »

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China • crime • organized crime • piracy • global economy • drug traffickers


 Fox News 
 Columnist Fired 
 Over Wolverine 
 Pirate Review 


Columnist clarifies he did not download film

Apr 7, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gossip columnist Roger Friedman has been officially ousted from Fox News after reviewing a pirated copy of sister-company 20th Century Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. After yesterday afternoon’s meeting between Friedman and Fox News execs, the two parties “mutually agreed to part ways immediately,” according to a... More »

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Internet • film • piracy • Internet leak • Wolverine • movies • Roger Friedman

Columnist Fired (or Not) Over Review of Pirated Wolverine

FoxNews.com's Friedman to argue for job today

Apr 6, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fate of longtime Fox News columnist Roger Friedman is unclear, but one thing is certain: It probably wasn’t a great idea to review a pirated copy of a sister company’s movie. Fox News-parent News Corp. said Friedman was canned after posting Thursday’s positive review of the... More »

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Internet • film • piracy • Internet leak • Wolverine • movies • Roger Friedman

 New X-Men Leaked Online 

High-quality copy has been downloaded 75,000 times

Apr 1, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An almost-done, high-quality rip of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been leaked online and downloaded 75,000 times a month before its scheduled release, the BBC reports. 20th Century Fox hasn’t said how its summer blockbuster, starring Hugh Jackman, got out, but there’s at least some solace: “The... More »

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Internet • Hollywood • film • piracy • movies • X-Men

(Newser) - Pirates have struck the iPhone app store and cracked roughly one in five paid applications for online distribution, Wired reports. At least 5,000 apps are circulating on the Internet, says one analytics company, which found dozens of apps that are downloaded only once for every 100 cracked copies. "... More »

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iPhone • piracy • unlock iPhone • iPhone applications

Body of Pirate
Victim Found at Sea

Attackers said they were desperate for a boat to get to shore, according to police

Mar 27, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The body of a British yachtsman murdered by pirates off the coast of Thailand was found by a fisherman yesterday floating in the sea, reports AP. Malcolm Robertson, 64, was beaten with hammers and his throat slit as his wife lay bound in the cabin of their sailboat earlier this... More »

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Thailand • murder • piracy • sailing • sailor • Britain • yachts • Malcolm Robertson

Sailor's Widow Stunned She Survived Pirate Attack

Victim made gestures asking if pirates planned to kill her

Mar 26, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British grandmother was trussed "naked like a chicken" in her sailboat cabin while pirates beat her husband with hammers and slit his throat off the coast of Thailand, she told the Times of London. Three men "tied and gagged me, then went toward the forward cabin,"... More »

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Thailand • yachting • piracy • pirates

 Pirates Kill Brit Yachtsman 

Wife hears sounds of a scuffle, then silence

Mar 25, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British yachtsman was killed off the coast of Thailand by three fisherman-pirates who locked his wife in the cabin, reports the Times of London. The body of the vacationing 64-year-old businessman was not found, but police believe he was thrown overboard after his throat was cut. His wife managed... More »

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Thailand • yachting • ocean • piracy • sailing • sea • pirates • yachts • fishermen

 Pirates Target Brit Cruise Ship 

US Navy comes to rescue after suspicious craft approach liner in dangerous waters

Mar 5, 09 5:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Frightened British cruise ship passengers were herded below decks in a chilling encounter with Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Sun reports. The crew sent up flares and fashioned fake guns out of wood to appear to be armed when they spotted two suspicious small craft speeding toward... More »

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Somalia • piracy • cruise ships • pirates • US Navy • Gulf of Aden

Novel Tactics Target Piracy

Tax would give Isle of Man citizens unlimited downloads; Ireland will cut off miscreants

Feb 5, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Two European islands are taking opposite approaches to music piracy, the results of which could influence internet policy worldwide. The Isle of Man, between England and Ireland, will charge a $1.45 weekly tax on behalf of record labels to let citizens download music without penalty. Meanwhile, Ireland’s main... More »

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Internet • music industry • piracy • Ireland • digital music • record label • Isle of Man

Somali Pirates Score $3.2M 
Ransom, Release Arms Ship

Pirates receive $3.2M ransom after September hijacking

Feb 5, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Crime does pay—to the tune of the $3.2 million ransom that Somali pirates collected today in exchange for releasing a Ukrainian ship they hijacked in September, reports the BBC. The pirates had initially sought $20 million for the arms-laden MV Faina, which had been en route to Kenya.... More »

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Somalia • Kenya • ship • piracy • Ukraine • pirates • weapons • ransom

Tanker Owner Recounts Pirate Drama

Seizure of ship by Somali pirates started 56 days of negotiations

Jan 31, 09 5:08 AM CST
(Newser) - It took 56 days of tense negotiations to free the MV Biscaglia and its 28 crew members from the clutches of Somali pirates, shipping exec George Christodolou tells the Wall Street Journal. After the vessel was seized in the Gulf of Aden, Christodolou had to scramble to gain the pirates'... More »

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Somalia • piracy • negotiation • shipping • pirates • Gulf of Aden

Somali Pirates Hijack Another Tanker, Crew of 13

Dozen crew members include Filipinos and an Indonesian

Jan 29, 09 7:49 AM CST
(AP) - Somali pirates have hijacked a tanker and its crew of 12 Filipinos and one Indonesian. The cargo the Longchamp is carrying is unknown. Though the Gulf of Aden is now patrolled by more than a dozen warships from countries including Britain, France, Germany, Iran, and the US, they were not... More »

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Somalia • Indonesia • piracy • Philippines • shipping • pirates • Gulf of Aden • Longchamp

 95% of Music
 Downloads
 Illegal: Industry

40B tracks shared illegally, group claims

Jan 19, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly all—95%—of music downloads globally are illegal, at least according to the industry, Techdirt reports. The numbers come from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and indicate that even a 25% increase in online music purchases last year couldn’t overcome the effects of piracy. According to... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • piracy • RIAA • illegal downloading • CD sales • IFPI • International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

5 Somali Pirates Drown With Ransom Share

Tanker released after $3M airdrop, but pirate boat flips in storm

Jan 10, 09 7:40 AM CST
(AP) - Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker yesterday drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, the AP reports. The boat, with eight people on board, overturned in a storm; three people reached shore after swimming for several... More »

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Somalia • piracy • drowning • pirates • ransom

Pirates Free Saudi Tanker,
Get $3M Ransom

Ship headed to safety after November capture

Jan 9, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - A Saudi tanker taken by Somali pirates in November has been freed after a $3 million ransom was paid, a pirate negotiator said. Pirates have left the ship, which is now headed to safety. The Sirius Star, which carried 2 million oil barrels and 25 crew members, was the largest... More »

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Somalia • Saudi Arabia • piracy • fuel tankers • release • pirates • ransom • Sirius Star

 French Frigate Foils Attack, 
 Captures Pirates 

Nabs dastardly robbers

Jan 2, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A French warship nabbed a boat full of pirates in the Gulf of Aden today, responding to a distress call from a Panamanian vessel, Reuters reports. The pirates fled when they saw the French ship approach, but they later returned to try their luck with the ship again, and the... More »

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Somalia • France • piracy • French warships • pirates

Chinese Court Sentences Microsoft Pirates

11 jailed for counterfeit software ring with 'unprecedented' scope

Dec 31, 08 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chinese court has convicted 11 people of violating copyright laws and sentenced them to as much as 6 1/2  years of prison for working with a counterfeiting ring that sold fake Microsoft products around the world. Microsoft hailed the crackdown on the pirates, whose organization may have made $2... More »

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China • Microsoft • copyright law • intellectual property • piracy • software • counterfeiters • precedent

Chinese Set Sail to Join Fight Against Piracy

First time warships
have left home
waters in centuries

Dec 26, 08 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Chinese warships are leaving home waters today for the first time in centuries, heading to the Gulf of Aden on an anti-piracy mission, CNN reports. Two destroyers and a supply ship are setting out to protect Chinese vessels in response to soaring pirate attacks off Somalia. The warships will join... More »

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China • piracy • pirates • Gulf of Aden • Chinese navy

Music Industry to Dump Download Lawsuits

RIAA takes new tack in battling online file sharing

Dec 19, 08 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - After five years of suing everyone from single mothers to teenage girls for illegally sharing music files, the recording industry is dropping the legal campaign that has ensnared 35,000 individuals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instead, an industry group is making deals with Internet-service providers to warn those sharing... More »

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music industry • piracy • copyright • file sharing • RIAA • Internet service providers • illegal downloading • litigation

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