Many people don't believe that pirates exsist today, but the media men beg to differ. People stealing, "Pirating", music and videos from the internet and not paying for them. Yes these people are real, but what about thier action's name sake? Surely the pirates from the movies are extinct, or if they aren't, we would have heard about them. That is why my question for this reasearch paper is ... I am writing this paper for ..., so that they can realise that there is still the threat of piracy out there and it doesn't live inside our computers.

In this paper I am going to talk about where these modern pirates come from and what drove them into piracy. I will also discuss the use of technology and modern weapons in piracy. Finally I will tell of possible ways to defend against the modern pirates. Within the paper, I will compare and contrast modern pirates with thier forefathers, as well as add several stories told to me by a history professor who has second hand stories of modern pirates.

this should be fun.