Piracy in modern times

The modern piracy involves many different products, from clothing, household items, medicines, books, software and any other type of product that can be copied.

The first pirate activity is recorded of beginning of the VII century in the Aegean Sea. At this time, the Assyrian king Sennacherib tried to expel some pirates at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

In the year 331 BC, Alexander the Great ordered the expulsion of the pirates of the Aegean, and asked to one of them why they made the seas unsafe. The pirate replied, "The same reason why you are making the world tremble. But as I do what I do on a small ship, I am called a pirate while doing the things you do with a large fleet, you are called Emperor. "
Modern pirates use the same tactics of pirates from the Golden Age.
Today, they no longer seek to bury their treasure in Islands where they mark the site with a large X, but they are seeking trade of illegal goods.

Almost everyone knows someone who cannot resist consumption and has the habit of buying what is not necessary. Living with joy over budget they make the sellers’ day.

Very often in order to satisfy their ego, they buy pirated goods, no matter from which source these goods come from. They ignore that behind all this there are: Child labor, drug trafficking and more.
Consciousness has a price, which not everyone agrees to pay, since that appears to be higher than we wish.
The main arguments raised by consumers of pirated products are the lowest prices. Most people think artists and manufacturers are already rich enough and are not harmed by the sale of pirates CD's and DVD’s, for example.
But behind these lower prices what is being hidden?
Modern pirates also arm themselves: They don’t use swords anymore. They use knives, machine guns, grenades and rocket launchers.
They do not kidnap  innocent maidens anymore. They kidnap our children, preventing them from a decent future.
They no longer mark with an X the place of the treasure; they use technology to determine the best targets and plan attacks.

Walking on the streets, I can see children on the corners 

They are not playing, or studying, or having fun 

They are on the streets; playing a role of workers 

CD’s…DVD’s…CDROM’s…candies, who wants some? 

And in their hands, sometimes can be found not a toy, but a gun. 

Everything flushes in their hearts, but childish feelings 

Poor children living a life of silence 

Homeless, they bear moments of violence 

Swings, tales stories, sweeties and chewing gum 

These all seem a reality lost in distance 

They are not playing, or studying, or having fun 

And in their hands, sometimes can be found not a toy, but a gun. 

Tears drop, bruises and suffering is all they can feel 

And in our hearts there are wounds that time can’t heal 

All these pains will be carried by us for all eternity 

They are victims of our society 

and we all contribute for their misery 

By keeping ourselves aloof of all what is going on 

They are on the streets, hard working on the ground 

And In their hands many times, no toys can be found 

Our children are not playing, or studying, or having fun 

They are hidden on the corners, 

Many times in their hands… 

A gun.