...Internet Piracy has become a hot topic as of late with all the recent cyber security bills being purposed in congress. Many companies that own intellectual property want these bills to pass, this will allow them to better defend their intellectual property against would be pirates. The three benefits to software piracy are the removal or price conscious consumers from the market, showing interest in the product, and give the owner company’s word of mouth advertising. Software piracy is a complicated issue, although the person pirating the piece of software is technically stealing, they are only stealing time and ideas. There is no physical item missing from the creator of the software. Software piracy is the unauthorized copying of computer software. Many countries around the world have copyright laws which apply to software piracy but the extent of enforcement differs. These copyrights usually surpass the practical life of the product (US Government). Today the oldest programs for computers have copyrights will not expire till the year 2030. These programs are forty years old, that’s a sixty year old copyright for a program that is about as useful as an ejector seat on a helicopter. The changes in operating systems, network environments, and user expectations generally make software programs out of date faster than the copyright runs out (Wikipedia). A law that has been proposed is the U.S. Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA); this law is very controversial...
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...Art101 Assignment 8.1: Discussion on Contemporary Art Trends (Manjares) What trends do you see in art today? Have you found art that is being produced currently that speaks to your experience? Have you found art that has engaged, informed, and changed your view? The 21st century has witnessed the growth of many technological innovations that affect everyday life, such as the Internet and satellite systems. Satart is a new type of art that is done by a satellite. There is no brush or stroke done in this type of art. I think this is a wonderful way to capture art from all around the globe. At first I thought that art was just as boring as when you watch a move that had no action, but know that I have done this course I have found that art is interesting and fun to know about. As you explore for the facts it is like building a puzzle every piece helps you understand and to appreciate art. After this course I have changed the way I see art. Now I can see what the artist felt and what he was trying to express with the colors and lines. It has made me look at art in a different way like when I see a painting I like it seems to talk to me and I reflect myself in it. I have enjoyed this course as well as all of my fellow peers. Thanks everyone I have had lots of fun!...
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...To Be or Not To Be One of the Smart Kids In the article, Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids, Grant Penrod writes how society stereotypes intellectuals and how their efforts are trivialized. He states that the football players are held up on a pedestal and treated as if they are gods, that they receive all the attention. Intellectuals are on the other hand are treated as outcasts because they are smart. That they are left out of all social aspects of high school. Or that they are labeled as “nerds”. Although I agree with Penrod up to a point, I cannot accept his overall conclusion that everyone dislikes smart people and the media glorifies celebrities that have no education. Or that we all make fun of someone because they are smart. In the beginning of his article Penrod tells us of how a high school football team won their state championship and that the same high schools science, debate, speech and academic teams also won championships. According to Penrod no one will give the academic teams the recognition they deserve, but the football team will get all the glory, the football players get a “virtual barrage of praise and downright deification. As for the three academic teams, they received a combined total of around ten minutes of recognition.” I agree that in high school the jocks do get the attention and praise as where the smart kids don’t because in my experience in high school confirms it for me. I saw it so many times. Penrod’s use of a...
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...Dadaism and Pop Art are two art movements from the same century and were both developed in response to war, one in protest and the other celebrating the increase in consumerism after a war. One theme shared by both movements was mocking the established art world. (Pop art) Artists from both movements used images from the street, the mass media, the supermarket, ready-made items, and present them as art in itself. (Pop art) Dada was an international movement starting in 1916 and ending in 1922 that started as a protest of WWI. Many artists were fed up and used their art as a forum to “spit on” nationalism and materialism, which they felt contributed to the war. Because of the war, many artists, especially French and German, found themselves in Zurich where refuge was offered which is where the origin of the movement can be traced to when Hugo Ball opened the Cabaret Voltaire in 1916. (Sniles) Within a few days the core of Dada movement was established with artists such as Emily Hennings, Jean Arp, Tristan Tzara, and Richard Haulsenbeck. (Sniles) There are a couple of theories of how the name Dada came to be with one being French poet Tristan Tzara thrust a knife into pages of a dictionary, randomly finding a name for the movement. (Dada) Officially, Dada was not a movement, the artists not artists, and the art not art and there was one basic rule: Never follow any known rules. (Esaak) As an early form of Shock Art, the artists used mild obscenities, visual puns...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix G Ethical Actions Worksheet Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • Was there anything in either the University Of Phoenix Student Code Of Conduct or the Student Code of Academic Integrity that surprised you? If so, what was it? Why were you surprised? If not, why not? From reading the texts outlined in the ethics game I am surprised but not as you think I should be. I am surprised actually that the writings should have been said. First of all, everyone that makes a conscious effort to attend University of Phoenix holds themselves higher than some of the dredges of society. Part of holding yourself higher would be to have the morals as to not do the negative things to coast through a class. Someone that does this has the potential to become the danger in their field of study. An example is a person plagiarizes their paper in their IT class. By doing this they acknowledge the do not know what they are exactly doing and could create a bigger problem in the long run. • What did you learn about the behaviors considered important for an ethical learner or student in the University of Phoenix learning community? Being an ethical learner and a Student in the university of Phoenix community is a lot more highly honored than I thought. What they said about if people commit plagiary; as a whole the community starts to fail. Holding ourselves responsible as an ethical learner is vitally important...
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...Factual Summary: Bobby Bandleader, a Bistro Operator refuses to pay for copyright song” Happy Birthday”. He has his own version of the song and is one of the main reasons people are coming to his restaurant. If he has to pay for all the licensing fees, he will be bankrupt. Mr. Singstealer has the right of the copyright song and demands fees from the restaurant. He is also not working and the fees from the song are his only income. Mr. Bistro is a customer for the Bistro restaurant and has been going there for years. He goes there because the food is “tasty” and the tradition of getting the “Happy Birthday “song, sung to him. Also his mother sung “Happy Birthday” every year to him, and he also sings the song to his children. Issue(s): Is singing a “Happy Birthday” song in public restaurant violation of any copyrights? Bobby’s own version of the classic “Happy Birthday to You” uses the same tune, but somewhat different wording than does the original song. Legal Concept(s): In accordance with title 17 of the United States Code 101, “musical works, including any accompanying words are protected within the copyright law”. The law goes on to say “The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to the material contributed by the author of such work”. With these two basic rules in mind in order to come to a decision I would have to compare both Mr. Bandleader and Mr. Sing stealer’s versions of the song to determine how much material within the infringing song...
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...Modern Art or Modernism is the loose term given to the succession of styles and movements in art and architecture which dominated Western culture from 19th Century up until the 1960’s. Movements associated with Modern art include Impressionism, Cubism, Bauhaus, Surrealism, Futurism, Pop Art and Op Art. Modern Art rejects the past as a model for the art of the present and is characterized by constant innovation. Modern Art grew out of the Impressionist's rejection of the 'imitation of life' school of art. Their emphasis on the act of painting, on the paint itself, can be seen in the Expressionist and Cubist art of the turn-of-the-century. Modern art was also often driven by various social and political agendas. These were often utopian, and modernism was in general associated with ideal visions of human life and society and a belief in progress. From the 1970’s artists and movements began to react against Modernism and post-modernism was formed. Some different types of the movements in art are: abstract, action art, American realism, architecture, art deco, and art nouveau, Asian, Bauhaus, black and white, celebrity, cityscape, colorful, comic book art, conceptual art, contemporary art, cubism, cuisine, exclusive, expressionism, fauvism, figurative, floral, framed prints, Modern art and many more. There were a lot of movements in the art industry ever since the beginning of Modern art which started in the 19th Century. Surrealism is a style of art and literature developed principally...
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...Abstract Our research paper is based on the song “Happy Birtday to You.” Synopsis of scenario: An arbitrator who has recently been assigned to resolve a legal dispute between Bobby Bandleader, owner and operator of Bobby’s Bistro, and Johnny Singstealer. The verdict is based on copyright infringment that Johnny Singstealer had inherited. Bobby Bandleader vs. Johnny Singstealer Aferter investigatin and researching the song "Happy Birtday to You” sang by Bobby Bandleader, we came to the conclusing that there are copyright infringments based on copyright law. The song has been a copyright of Johnny Singstealer that owns them by inheritance. However, by 17 USC § 302 - Duration of Copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 1978, (a) In General.— Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author’s death. In this case since the copyright was enherited, and by law the right to make the work public has ceased after the death of the copyright holder. Copyright Inheritance:Certain elements of copyright can be inherited. Copyright can be inherited by natural persons, but not by companies. Copyright can be inherited by will or by law. After the author's death, some of the rights included in the copyright are inherited by his or her heirs, who re entitled to use them. This applies for all intangible rights, except: ...
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...Week One Assignment Research Notes Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000 Federal Communications Commissions: Federal law created by the Congress to address concerns about viewing offensive sites in school and library computers. Early 2001, CIPA regulated rules and requirements for certain schools and libraries that are eligible to receive funds. These rules and regulations are towards those who receive funds through E-rate- a program that makes certain communication technologies more affordable. CIPA states that: 1) Schools and libraries may not receive funds unless internet and computer has a child safety measure program. Also, this facility must hold one public meeting to address the proposal. 2) Schools under the CIPA must enforce internet monitoring for minors. 3) Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt and implement an Internet safety policy addressing: (a) access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet; (b) the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms and other forms of direct electronic communications; (c) unauthorized access, including so-called “hacking,” and other unlawful activities by minors online; (d) unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors; and (e) measures restricting minors’ access to materials harmful to them. Schools and libraries must have safety policies and computers in proper working functions for the minors before receiving E-rate funding...
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...1. How does The Pirate Bay business make money? What is its business model? The Pirate Bay business profits nearly $4 million a year from advertising. So advertising is their form of making money. The Pirate Bay’s business model is the “advertising revenue”. This site provides a opportunity of advertisements and receives payments from the advertisers. If more viewers use the website, the more the site can charge and increase their profits. 2. How do new “cloud-based” media sites and services make money? What is their business model? Subscription revenue is the business model that cloud-based media sites use to make money. With subscription revenue it allows access to almost all of the content or services to their viewers for a small fee. The fees for subscription vary on what kind of service the consumer wants and for how long. 3. Is the record industry justified in attempting to shut down P2P file-sharing sites that make it possible to download copyrighted media? Why or why not? Record industries are justified in wanting to stop P2P file-sharing websites. There is millions of money spent by record companies to produce albums and the work put into creating music and movies for the public. So it would be justifiable if record industries wanted to put a stop to people stealing their work and taking money out their pocket that they deserved. I would subscribe to a site for a small fee like the cloud based sites if it had the content that would fit my needs. ...
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...2.03 The Anti-federalists My position as a federalist is to ratificate the constitution while also creating a strong central government by separation of both of the powers combined. All the federalists were always strong believers in the constitution, believing that this ratification was the only way they were all able to achieve a fair society where all people can all have their rights to liberty, life and the pursuit of happiness, while also wanting to help shape future analysis of the Constitution for the better and in beneficial ways. By them being able to build a sufficient government with the foundation of the basis of popular sovereignty, without the need of sacrificing any sovereignty of the varied states fairness of the new government, it can be secured and work as it should. The rich would be happy in this case, because they would feel like the new Constitution was benefcial on their part, because the fact that rich's votes would earn much more value than the less fortunate in the states like what they wanted to achieve. They can possibly keep the potential of tyranny from becoming something dangerous to their people and they know that safeguards they have with the government will keep it from overpowering. The constitution should be ratified as a Federalist because the nation might of never survived without the constitution by their side leading them and a stronger government was necessary at this very point in desperate time. The federalists explained...
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...experiences. At the beginning of his chapter, Hidden Intellectualism Graff says, “We assume that it’s possible to wax intellectual about Plato, Shakespeare, the French Revolution, and nuclear fission, but not about cars, dating, fashion, sports, TV, or video games.” (245). What I believe Graff is trying to convey is, how it is viewed more important to know what started the French Revolution, than it is to know how to keep a conversation going, even when the two people have nothing in common. Although keeping up conversation would not be viewed as non-academic, but could very well be used to give presentations or speeches in class or in a debate. Graff goes on to offer his own experience of his youth. He describes himself as a typical anti-intellectual teenager that preferred sports to schoolwork. He explains how intellectualism was treated very hostile in the 1950’s and because of that he tried avoiding seeming book smart. He explains about how he was torn between proving he is smart and the fear of being beaten up, and that it was a choice between physically tough or verbally. Graff uses his own experience to make himself sound convincing. He describes himself as a typical teenager from the 1950’s, but yet he goes on to be a well-educated man with a position at a very prestigious university. Graff recalls...
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...------------------------------------------------- Copyright violation and illegal downloading 1. Give an outline of the attitudes to the copyright violation and illegal downloading as pretended in texts 1and 3. The two texts show us two opposing attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading. Text one: "The Pirate Bay´s Peter Sunde: It's Evolution, Stupid". Peter Sunde tells us about his dissatisfaction with his conviction for contributory copyright infringement. He claims that the entertainment industry should evolve because it's kind of "old" and that the entertainment industry is dying. So he tries to convince the reader that he's not guilty and that the supreme court must vacate his sentence. Later Peter Sunde uses democracy to argue for changing the law of copyrighting. Text three: "You like my poems? So pay for them", is by Wendy Cope, who is a poet. The text shows her opinion of copyright violation and illegal downloading, which is an opposing view than the one from Peter Sunde. She suffers from the loose grip on the copyright rules because everybody can just get anything from the internet, without her approval. Of course having it on the internet might affect the sales of her poems. And the fact that you can get it free of the internet, might not be a good thing if her income depends on how well her book sells. Wendy Cope feels that ignoring copyright is a problem because everyone might harm people by doing so, without even knowing it. ...
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...Copyright violation and illegal downloading Copyright violation and illegal downloading have been a major problem for the entertainment industry. People all over the world downloading songs, movies, books etc. Without knowing that they might be breaking the law. 1. In text 1 Peter Sunde is telling us his attitude to the media industries willing to evolve like every other kinds of industries. And when somebody like him are trying to go up against them, he tells a story which is very close to Hollywood’s own mafia films, where corruption and false play is a part of the daily diet. He believes that copying movies is not wrong, and that moviepiracy should become legal. He also makes it clear, that he thinks people and organizations who oppose the legalization of movie are at fault, and therefore should change themselves. Peter Sunde also urges people to fight against the copyright violation law, and to stop letting a corrupt industry control the internet. Opposite Peter Sunde, Wendy Cope intensively fights copyright violation, first of all by writing and publishing her article ”You like my poems? So pay for them”, but also by writing on the subject ”copyright violation” in an attempt to stop the spread of the ignorance of the copyright law. In her article she points out different reasons for there to exist a law protecting author’s and moviemakers from being robbed their work and money, and why internet piracy is wrong. One of the reasons and arguments is that many author’s...
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... The amount of illegal downloading that occurs today makes it even harder for some musicians to make a living from their music. If artists are not able to make a profitable amount of money in the music industry, the number of people wanting to continue or pursue music will be greatly reduced. With online communities dedicated to sharing music, this trend does not seem as though it will end anytime soon. Once a part of these communities, individuals can and will acquire (whether by paying or for free) the music and turn around and share it with friends and family members. Illegal downloading and sharing is the reason for loss of income in the music industry. Global music piracy causes $12.5 billion of economic losses every year (RIAA - Anti Piracy, 2014). If the amount of money that goes in to the music industry is not coming in, artists might feel as though it is not worth the time and effort to continue their craft. The successful partnership between a music label and a global superstar, to include the revenue generated, finances the investment in discovering, developing, and promoting the next new artist. Without investment and revenue, the ability to bring the next generation of artists to the...
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