A new book explores how smuggling and piracy were a financial foundation of colonial American society.

Can a tech entrepreneur create a 21st century privateer navy to thwart pirates in East Africa? And, do Apple's flat earnings mean its era of market dominance is over?

As the search giant branches into Hollywood, it takes a tougher stance on copyright issues.

Musician Jonathan Coulton joked about whether content makers were finally making money now that Megaupload was shut down, but it isn't all laughs. He talks about what the MPAA should learn from the Megaupload shutdown.