The Coast Guard's duties include countering smuggling, illegal immigration, and piracy.

And I believe that is the only possibility to counter piracy.

"Our approach to countering piracy is to incorporate superior value in the legal version," explained development director Adam Badowski.

LRAD systems have been used to counter piracy, as non-lethal crowd control weapons, and as communication devices.

Its interest in digital media is in selling player and distribution software, and selling digital rights management technology to counter piracy.

In an effort by Relic to counter piracy, the game requests account authentication if Internet access is detected.

The Transitional Federal Government in Somalia had made several requests for assistance to counter piracy off its coast.

According to the Swedish Presidency, the operation has demonstrated its ability to counter piracy effectively and there has been a significant fall in attacks.

In that context, we recognize that technical identification systems will facilitate the normal exploitation of digital works and help to counter piracy.

Personally, I still say the best bet is to counter piracy with legal online distribution channels.