pirating

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They said Meta accessed millions of books and journal articles from pirating sites, which the company then allegedly used to train its AI platform Llama.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday on whether internet service providers should be held liable for the online pirating of copyrighted music by their users.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Otherwise, providers have generally shied away from acting on such breaches because of the potential for backlash by subscribers, focusing instead on more significant pirating activity.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2022

Some families lived on the lower floors, pirating water and electricity, but the elevators didn’t work.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt