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Originally Posted by willravel
Fortunately, we're not talking about piracy in this case, as I've pointed out a few times, most notably in post #70 where I point out that the boarding of the vessel has to be "committed for private ends".
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If they meant profit, they would have written profit into the definition of piracy. This is a legal document, and the language has an accordingly precise definition. I'd interpret this to say that private ends means whatever gain (financial, emotional, ideological, etc.) the actor is after.
We won't know for sure until there is a test in court, and as The_Jazz has pointed out, people's unwillingness to force that test isn't because they think they will lose as much as it is because the battle isn't strategically appropriate.