The PC gaming industry likes to blame piracy for many of its ills, but it's clear that no one has found a cure-all for this particular disease.

Music executives have blamed an array of factors - online piracy, widespread CD burning, competition from DVD's and video games, and a creative malaise.

Solchart, the operator of the merchant vessel which flies under a Maltese flag and is based in Valetta, has blamed piracy for the ship's disappearance.

The labels, which blame online piracy for declining music sales, are fighting the downloading services on many fronts.

The director blamed piracy for the film's financial failure and felt that "It's a film that, to some extent, needs the support of people who write about films.

Director Roth blamed piracy for the film's box office results.

But it may take the music industry, which has blamed rampant piracy for its sagging sales, a long time to translate the ruling into a financial turnaround.

Of course the distributors blame piracy for the reason they cannot charge more for subscriptions.

While the Internet has helped bring music production and distribution to the grass-roots level, the music industry blames online piracy for lagging sales.

I don't blame piracy!