Eye-patches on! Apply your greatest “grrr.” Plop down items of eight, doubloons and cue “Captain” Jack Sparrow!
Prepare for theĀ First Annual Area Piracy Convention, set for early subsequent yr. Held by the Heart for the Examine of Area Crime, Coverage, and Governance (CSCPG), the convention is a “two-day, invite solely symposium that brings collectively specialists ready to overview crime, piracy, and smuggling in house,” in line with its web site.
“Be among the many first to debate mitigating house crime and piracy, from the views of funding, house regulation, house coverage, intelligence, and the army,” notes the group.
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Dangers of piracy
The CSCPG asks: What are the dangers of piracy in house and options to this probably devastating financial and authorized downside?
“Now could be the time to begin pondering and speaking about mitigating the specter of piracy in house,” stated Marc Feldman, Government Director of the CSCPG. “As we prefer to say, and please forgive me, Leon Trotsky, however you will not be fascinated with house piracy, however house pirates are fascinated with youā¦”
Feldman, who has labored within the house enterprise sector for years, is co-author, with Hugh Taylor, of the soon-to-be printed e-bookĀ “Area Piracy: Making ready for a Prison Disaster in Orbit.”
Menace to house commerce, nationwide safety
“Whereas crime and piracy in house are at this level largely theoretical issues, our view is that now’s the time to begin eager about the difficulty and discussing potential options,” Taylor, publications director of the middle, tells Area.com. “Area piracy is a risk to house commerce and nationwide safety.”
“Any severe evaluation and planning course of for the way forward for house commerce, in addition to house points of nationwide safety, wants to think about the specter of piracy,” explains Gordon Roesler, an area system developer and retired US Navy Captain who serves as an advisor to the convention.
For extra data on this occasion scheduled for subsequent February, in addition to theĀ Heart for the Examine of Area Crime, Coverage, and Governance (CSCPG), go to the middle’s web site.