arrrgh matey!

Pirate Jokes

• What do pirates hate to get stuck in?

• TARRRRRRRRGHHHHHH!

Piracy & Technology

• Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works. It often refers to copying intellectual property without written permission from the copyright holder, which is typically a publisher or other business representing or assigned by the work's creator.

Piracy & Music

• Possibly 70% of music downloads are illegal

• Peer to peer file sharing

• Designer goods: purses, watches, clothes

• Pharmaceuticals

• Software

• Electronics

Pirate Jokes

• How do you know someone is a Pirate?

• Because they Arrrrrr!

• Define pirate and piracy

• What do you know about pirates?

• What role did pirates play in the Atlantic trade between 1500 and 1800?

• What areas were the most heavily frequented by pirates?

• How were pirates punished?

How now, brown pig?

• Treaty of Tordesillas the “Spanish Main” jealous rest of Europe Hispaniola French introduce pigs as food source settlers barbecued the pigs over open pits called buccans or boucan so settlers called buccaneers nervous Spain kills the pigs mad with no food but sailing skills = PIRATES

Pirate Jokes

What do pirates like to eat?

• Baaaarrrrrrr Be Que

“Golden Age” of Piracy

• 1650 – 1730

• French pirates in Hispaniola then to island of Tortuga, British pirates in Jamaica

• Pirate vs. Privateer

17th Century Trade Routes

Pirate Jokes

• How much did the pirate pay to get his ear pierced?

• A Buccaneer!

• By 1720, European countries were increasing navies to counteract pirates, which led to increased employment for skilled sailors.

• Spanish treasure was decreasing.

Barbary Pirates

• between 1 million and 1.25 million Europeans were captured by Barbary pirates and sold as slaves in the Arab world between the 16th and 19th centuries.

• One of the stereotypical features of a pirate in popular culture, the eye patch, dates back to the Arab pirate Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah, who wore it after losing an eye in battle in the 18th century

Barbary Pirates

Pirate Jokes

• How did the pirate get to work?

• A caaaarrrgh!

• Has piracy been completely eradicated?

• Have you heard any news reports of piracy in modern times?

Pirates articles

• Where was this act of piracy located, and how common is piracy in this area?

• What did the pirates want, and what might have been the underlying factors contributing to this and other pirate attacks in the region?

• What was done to combat this act of piracy? • What other measures are being taken to combat

piracy?

Pirate Jokes

• Why does the pirate's phone go beep-beep-beep?

• He left if off the hook!

Pirate Tales

• 5/28/2007: Chinese sailor is killed by pirates after ship’s owners failed to pay ransom

• 11/2008: Somali pirates began hijacking ships outside Gulf of Aden – targeting ships headed for port of Mombassa, Kenya (before only in Strait of Malacca)

• 4/8/2009: 4 Somali pirate seize Maersk Alabama carrying 17,000 tons cargo (some were relief supplies bound for Somalia, Uganda & Kenya); US Navy Seal snipers killed 3 pirates to free Capt. Richard Phillips

• 11/8/2009: Somali pirate kidnap British couple demanding the release of 7 pirates. Couple held for 388 days until 2 ransom payments paid totally over GBP 500,000

• 1/15/2011: 13 Somali pirates seize the Samho Jewelry, a Maltese chemical carrier. Rep. of Korea destroyer followed for several days, ROK Navy Seals boarded the ship killed 8 pirates, capturing 5, freeing the crew of 21.

• 1/28/2011: Indian Coast Guard aircraft interrupted a pirate attack. The 2 skiffs fled to the mother vessel, a hijacked Thai trawler. The Indian Navy engaged the mother vessel killing 10 pirates, capturing 15, free 20 Thai & Myanmarese fishermen

• What are there similarities and differences between piracy today and in historical times?

• Do the modern pirates have motives similar to pirates in the “olden days?”

• Do pirates today operate in the same waters as pirates in past centuries? Why or Why not?

Meet the Somali Pirates

• Many are from Puntland region of Somalia – declared to be autonomous state in 1998 (not seeking independence)

• Estimated 5 gangs totally 1000 men• Comprised of local fishermen, ex-military and techies• Closest Somali term for 'pirate' is burcad badeed, which

means "ocean robber". But the pirates themselves prefer to be called badaadinta badah, or "saviours of the sea", or in the English "coastguard", as they claimed that their action was for "protection of his sea, the native [Somali] waters".

Why Somali? • A United Nations report have suggested that piracy off the coast of Somalia

is caused in part by illegal fishing. – According to the DIW and the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, the

dumping of toxic waste in Somali waters by foreign vessels has also severely constrained the ability of local fishermen to earn a living and forced many to turn to piracy instead.

– Other articles allege that 70 percent of the local coastal communities "strongly support the piracy as a form of national defense of the country's territorial waters", and

– that the pirates believe they are protecting their fishing grounds and exacting justice and compensation for the marine resources stolen.

• Some reports have suggested that, in the absence of an effective national coast guard following the outbreak of the civil war and the subsequent disintegration of the Armed Forces,

– local fishermen formed organized groups in order to protect their waters. This motivation is reflected in the names taken on by some of the pirate networks, such as the National Volunteer Coast Guard.

• However, as piracy has become substantially more lucrative in recent years, other reports have suggested that financial gain is now the primary motive for the pirate

Historical Piracy

Compare Modern Piracy

In what types of places do pirates prefer to operate

Where are the "hot spots" for piracy around the world?

What factors motivate pirates?

What measures are being taken to curtail piracy?

• What are the best strategies for dealing with piracy today?

• http://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre

Pirate Lore

• Pirates wore earrings to pay for their funeral expenses

• Pirates wore eye patches to allow for “night vision”

Pirate Code (Articles of Agreement)

Fair and Equitable Distribution of resources (food & booty)

• No person to game at cards or dice for money

• The candles to put out a 8:00. If inclined to drink after that, they are to do it on deck.

• No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them.

• have just been elected to a United Nations anti–piracy council. Their first task is to issue a report to the general public on the status of piracy today and the council's recommendations for eradicating piracy. Since most members of the general public think of pirates as patch–wearing, buccaneers, your students need to compare and contrast today's piracy with the old–fashioned kind and inform people about piracy concerns of today. Students should be sure their reports include:

• a map of current piracy "hot spots" (provide students with blank world outline maps); • a comparison of the motivations of pirates today with pirates in past centuries; • a comparison of the consequences of piracy then and now (e.g., the effects of piracy

on trade); • an overview of solutions used to curb piracy in previous centuries; • an overview of solutions that have been tried or proposed to curb modern-day piracy;

and • their opinion as to the two or three most important steps that should be taken to

eradicate modern piracy; students should mention the locations where they think the greatest anti-piracy resources should be devoted and explain why these areas are particularly important.

Pirate Jokes

• Why did the Pirate go to the movies?

• It was rated aarrrgh

Pirate Jokes

• Who is the Pirate’s favorite singer?

• Christina Arrguilera