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Freebooting: Piracy on the High Seas & the World Wide Web
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November 17, 2015
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15:56Now PlayingHow "freebooting" went from swashbuckling to social media. The etymology of words for piracy, the coinage of a new term for illicit uploads of videos, and the history of fictional portrayals of pirates on screen.
For more on the word "filibuster", by the way, check out Cynical Historian's video
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Videos referenced in this video:
"CopyrightForever Less One Day" by CGP Grey
"Facebook Freebooting" by SmarterEveryDay
"Freebooting" by BradyStuff
"3435" by NumberPhile
"H.I. #5Freebooting" by Hello Internet
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