Anywhere were there was a ship to loot.
Many English privateers of the 17th century concentrated their activities on the Spanish shipping lanes, which carried supplies to Spanish colonies and treasure back to Spain.
In the modern day, pirates are mostly in areas such as Africa (Somalia), southwest Asia, and some islands of the Caribbean, where maritime law is laxly enforced. This can be due to political indifference or the lack of resources to monitor extensive sea areas.
Pirates use to hunt down ships and steal the goods. They started by stealing one ship and using it to start there pirating.
sentence for life in jail if you go too far off the limits by Wayne the third
pirating, pirating and pirating
Real pirates are seldom found anywhere off the sea, these days, unless it's software (etc) pirating. Traditional pirates are pretty loathesome, so I'd avoid trying to contact them as they'd no doubt shoot you on spot.
They both steal from people, and use it for their own gain. Often pirates were at sea, while today, pirates can be anywhere (example: Pirating movies). Thievary is really the only thing in common; the word "pirate" is not commonly used anymore, because of the connotations of Pirates of the Carribbean, etc.
They are different in many ways a few being types of weapons used and reason for pirating. Pirates of old pirated for Medicine and other needs such as food and water and so on a very rarely pirated to get rich. While modern pirates are pirating for the means to try and get rich quick. Examples are the famous Black Beard took hostage the North Carolina government to obtain medicine for his crew and then released his hostages after getting the medicine. Recently modern day pirates have taken hostages for the means to extort money from the companies the crews belong to. Once they gain their ransom they release their hostages.
Pirating is illegal in many countries, not just the UK.
Their economy consisted of pirating and piliging. Threy also sold pigs to england, and was for the death of george washington.
No, it is not.
Yes, pirating copyrighted material for personal use is illegal.
Pirating - 2008 was released on: USA: 22 November 2008 (DVD premiere)
The 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean movie is called: Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End