...The ethical dilemma of computer downloads, namely music downloads, has been under great scrutiny in the last few years. Napster, if any one symbolizes the new technology, was the front runner in developing the new digital trading. The ethical issues seem to revolve around the all mighty dollar. Some particular musicians, namely Lars Ulrich from Metallica and Dr. Dre (rap star), have had some serious issues with Napster. Their claims have merit, but so do the claims of the creator and users of Napster. Napster was created in 1999 by a college dropout named Sean Fanning. Napster allows users to swap digital song files over the internet easily and most of all free. Millions of people used Napster to retrieve almost any song a person could think of, for example, songs that are current number one hits to the other songs from the "one-hit-wonders." Napster created a way for people world wide to exchange or share music files quickly and easily. This causes the ethical dilemma on whether trademark rights are being infringed or is "sharing" the music files legal and ethical. In 1984, the Supreme Court allowed the public to use the VCR to record televisions shows as long as it was not intended for commercial use. In 1992, "the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 made it clear that you can use a digital audio tape player or other similar gadgets to record digital music for personal, noncommercial use. So there's plenty of precedent for song swapping." This is a major part in the creation...
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...about making it in music This report is free and does not contain affiliate links. Feel free to share it with the world under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. 2011 Dotted Music Written by Ben Brown. Layout by logical. Concept by Andrew Apanov. DottedMusic.com | Written by Ben Brown 3 10 truths about making it in music Foreward. What do you do when you seek for useful advice or inspiration in something you are passionate about and want to succeed in? One of the most obvious answers (if you are not a member of a suicide club) is probably this - you listen to people who have already "made it" in your craft. And in such a sleazy and poorly documented industry as music business, you better use this advice in full. This was what I thought while thinking on a concept for the first Dotted Music ebook few months back. On the blog, we've got lots of fantastic quotes from successful musicians, and pretty diverse I must say - from Anthrax guitarist to frontman of OK Go, there are very different sayings. So, the idea was born: to collect ten exceptional quotes and build a story around them. Why the story? Well, there is one problem about musicians, specifically when they speak... With the vague nature of most artistic people, their expressions are often pretty generic. To correct this misunderstanding, we took risks to expose the ten chosen quotes of musicians, who indeed have "made it" in the music industry, and create a free ebook worth of 50+ pages...
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...of the ethical challenges surrounding the movie and music industries as they relate to the Internet? Today's technology makes it much easier to get and give away copyrighted material illegally. Many people are taking advantage of the access, downloading and sharing everything from games to movies to music to software. Unfortunately, people find the chance to get this stuff for free just too tempting, do not do it. It comes with large consequences, it is called digital piracy, and it is the act of illegally downloading copyrighted games, music, movies, TV shows, and software that you haven't paid for. Not paying people for their creative work isn't just an ethical issue, it's illegal. Under U.S. copyright law, offenders could be punishable by up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. We need to educate everyone on these issues and make sure you are downloading from authentic software from authorized sources to avoid pitfalls of piracy. We also need to lead by example with our kids today by letting them know cheap and easy downloads are not always better, they are usually illegal and can be harmful to your computer. How has education affected your views about the practice of downloading or copying multimedia content in these fields? Education has affected my view about the practice of downloading or copying multimedia content in these fields because downloading or copying multimedia content for free can cost the music or movie industry millions of dollars and the people...
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...biographies for kids. The website also has a link to school bulletin boards. Other teacher resources include literature based reading lessons, including comprehension pages to reinforce student’s learning. This website also includes nursery rhymes and songs for little children. It also includes a link to early childhood development areas. And it includes a link for lessons plans. This website is a great resource for parents to utilize with their children. There a link where parents can find an assessment for school readiness on this website. Garden of Praise is an educational website created in 1999 by a veteran classroom teacher with 35 years’ experience, and the best part is that there is no cost for using the website and most of the stuff can be printed and reproduced for the students. I really liked the design of the website and found it very easy to navigate. I found it very interesting and useful for educators. http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ Digital Story Telling is a website for teachers and students. This website teaches educators and students, how to integrate multimedia into a variety of educational activities. The website was originally begun in 2004 by faculty members and graduate students at the University of Houston. The website offers a step-by-step link to create a digital story it also offers a number of tutorials for teachers and students to use. This website has links for the software needed to create digital stories. I found this...
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...Now that Bayfest has been around for 20 years, some things should be changed to recognize the 20th year. Bringing in better ideas, and advertising them, could increase the total number of people that come to this event. Comparing what Bayfest has to offer to other music festivals will help with new ideas. The following paragraph will include ideas and concepts to highlight the 20th year to increase attendance. Giveaways are a main reason people show up to events. Who doesn’t like free stuff? Giving away things such as 5 free beers, meals, and larger prizes such as a yeti cooler could make for a more exciting atmosphere. For a standard ticket holder, give away small prizes. People that buy more expensive tickets, give away the larger prizes. Also, giving away things could be a tax write off, and potentially get a portion of your money back. Since Bayfest is in the middle of a college town, offering a percentage off for all college students is a great way to increase attendance. College students often times live on a budget and cannot afford a $60.00 or more ticket. By offering a 10% or 15% off ticket would greatly increase the overall attendance to the festival. Students could get together, with their discounted tickets, and go as a group to the festival. With discounting the tickets, promoting this would have to be done around the campus. Placing flyers in places such as Sorority houses and Fraternity house would be a great start. Also, some campuses have T.V.’s...
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...Freedom to Know I once heard that everyone has their own way of thinking or own opinion. There are many people who have different feelings about issues. Content sharing, File sharing, or Piracy; whatever you want to call this issue. I have studied many ways and resources in this topic. I have looked at many articles on this issue. There is much to be discussed on the topic and things can get pretty heated about it. My view on file sharing is that we should be allowed to do what we want with the information we provide. I feel very strongly about this issue and I like to make my voice be heard on the topic whenever it may come up. Well I want to start off and give the opposite view of what people who are against my file sharing have to say. People say that file sharing is stealing and liken it to steal a physical piece of property (Mossberg, 2013). Artist are often hate file sharing because they feel they lose money from people sharing there cd and other property. Even artists have declared war on file sharing and claim they have lost money because of it (Smith, 2013). There are also big companies that have formed to and try and combat file sharing or “piracy”. Companies like the RIAA and MPAA have vowed and have worked with congress to end piracy. RIAA has what their view of file sharing is and how it hurts their industry. File sharing is not just an issue among certain media, software, and gaming industries. Many countries have very strict laws against file sharing...
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...of adult distrust which suggests that a kid who is not playing softball or attending science enrichment programs or both is huffing or boosting cars. What the writer intended for the reader to take away from this reading is that summertime is not time for having an overly busy schedule. Secondly, that having downtime is also good because then you could write poetry, compose music or become an actor. Having an arranged schedule means you do not have the free time you need to get other stuff done. Having a Friday night to spend time with friends and family and play games or watch movies is good as well and then you will have less stress about work or school. Having a culture of distrust from parents can cause the children to rebel against the adults and family. I do a connection and disconnection to this essay because I am not a busy student but I do have a busy social life. Also, I keep myself with busy with all my college homework and the class projects. Another thing is that I also spend time with family and friends or shopping for new stuff. I also workout and clean up the house whenever I have free time. The disconnection that I have is that I plan my own schedule. Also, my parents have trust in me and that I can make my own choices and decisions about what I do in my life. “Summer is coming...
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... | Christian Ortiz | E-COMMERCE MODELS AND ITS APPLICATIONS MKT 640GEORGE ACKERMANOCTOBER 2013 | Pandora Pandora Radio started as Savage Beast Technologies and was founded by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft, and Tim Westergren. Later on after nearly failing, the company was renamed Pandora Media and launched Pandora Radio on July 21, 2005 (Arrington, 2005). Pandora is an internet radio service, recommendation service, and the custodian of the Music Genome Project. Pandora works by users entering a song or artist that they like, and the service responds by playing selections that are musically similar. Users provide feedback on approval or disapproval of individual songs, which Pandora takes into account for future selections (Crunch Base, 2013). The Music Genome Project is the backbone of Pandora Internet Radio. The goal of the Music Genome Project is to take music and boil it down to quantifiable data. Every song in the Genome’s library is analyzed by a musicologist, which is usually a musician with a strong backgrounds in music theory. The musicologist then breaks down and rates over 400 attributes of every song, from the “soulfulness” of the vocals to the rhythmic and key changes in a given song. These 400 attributes are combined into larger groups called focus traits, and there are 2,000 focus traits. Some examples of these focus traits are rhythm syncopation, key tonality, vocal harmonies, and displayed instrumental proficiency. Once this is done, Pandora uses the music’s...
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...launched and gained massive pop culture status in the United States has come and gone by more than 80 years. Even so, the improvisational genre continues to thrive outside its birthplace with great enthusiasm in the countries of Europe. All it takes is a jump across the ocean to realize that jazz is very much alive and growing thanks to the talent of a few innovative artists residing there. American jazz music accompanied the liberation of Europe after World War II where it came to be strongly associated with freedom. Shortly after the liberation there was a large influx of American jazz musicians, including greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Bud Powell and Ben Webster who traveled overseas to find a wider, more accepting audience and to escape the racism to which they were regularly subjected to in the United States. Having all these jazz legends living in Europe enabled a large cultural exchange between the musicians of America and the musicians of Europe. Jazz music was quickly internalized by the European musicians who were eager to add tinges of their own folk music and culture to the ever expanding melting pot of American jazz. Due to the fact that the Europeans were so open to cultural exchange and so willing to except and support jazz - through the likes of the avant-garde Polish Trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, Norwegian pianist and composer Bugge Wesseltoft, and Sweedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjörn Swenson - the once dying art form is once again flourishing, and...
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...just sat down and played on my phone listened to music and talked to random customers. Like most coffee shops beans n cream smelled like well.. coffee and i personally enjoy that smell it kind of soothes me. After sitting for a while i grabbed one of...
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...Description 365 Games offers a variety of gaming options Blu-Ray & DVDs, Music options, Board games, Card Games, Clothing and Accessories, Collectables & hobbies stuff, toys, tech devices and various gifts & gadgets. It was launched in 2007, and offers great savings on all your gaming & entertainment needs. MCV awarded 365 Games as one of the "The UK's Fastest Growing Indies" in 2013. Have a hassle-free shopping of numerous games and entertainment options with our exclusive 365 Games promotional code. About 365 Games 365 Games is a well-known gaming retailer in the UK offering numerous gaming products like PS4, Xbox, PS3, Nintendo3DS, PC games and many more. They also stock many board games and card games for families, friends and children. For people who love to collect action figures and bobble heads, they have various options of collectables, graphic novels from famous brands....
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...Club IT Part One Club IT is a downtown music venue owned and operated by Ruben Keyes and Lisa Tejada, both working musicians and have a degree in Business Administrations. After recently remodeling of the interior of Club IT, Lisa and Ruben realize that they need a full analysis of their information needs. In this paper I will discuss Club IT’s mission statement, primary clientele, information resources, and differentiation as the strategy to pursue a competitive advantage. Club IT’s mission is to “offer you live music, DJ’s, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle” (Wiley, 2005). Its primary clientele includes childless young professionals, college students, tourists, and business travelers. Club IT works with people who love to enjoy themselves by dancing and enjoy the company of family and friends. Club IT plays a variety of music such as electronic, hip-hop, techno, MP3, and live music bands. With its high ceilings and high-tech energy lighting, Club IT creates an illuminating lounge setting and dance venue. Club IT’s information resources include intranet resources. Like many other organizations, Club IT has a members’ website, where customers can keep track a different kinds of information related to the club, such as its location, service hours, food and drink service, music band schedule, special events, and contact information, etc. After carefully evaluate Club IT’s current situation, I suggest that the owners should expand “members only” part of...
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...Turkish pop music For nearly 50 years, pop music has been one of the most popular branches of music in Turkey. This is in the broad musical spectrum, of music in Turkey. Popular music because of the fact that, primitive music could not be related to either the traditional ottoman music or from the western form of music. Popular music were sung by chiefly the non-Muslim women. In the 1960s, there was fusions of the pop music and the Ottoman psyche which was particularly common in Turkey. In the 1970s, Sezen Aksu a female song writer and singer became popular and changed the scene of the music scene (Richard, T. 1999). In the 1990 pop music began to find its true meaning, this is because, it is not merely a type of music as it may be considered, but as a culture, it became part of everyday city-life that cannot be separated with the lifestyle and sentiments of city life. During the Ozall administration, in the 1980s, the free market economy which became a state policy, brought new acceleration to the Turkish music industry. World class studios and consumer ideology to the youth, this brought a new, fast rhythmic urban life and pulse (Simon, B. 1999). After 1990s, the most influential form of sentimental style and perception was pop music. It affected the mode of dressing to trends of entertainment. Unbelievable variety sprung up each and every day. Momentary incidents of joy, disappointment and the relationship were based on the sensibility of pop music as the...
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...population of the Earth is thirteen years old to nineteen years old. Everyday there are thousands of kids who turns thirteen not realizing the huge changes in their live that they can face. Actually, all the researchers are part of teenage. Nowadays the teens are so busy doing some stuff for education, pastime and most of all leisure. The teens kept on enjoying their lives by simply having fun doing things with friends and classmates. Sometimes it goes to the point that they ignore studies just to enjoy or to have fun. The researchers also feel that way sometimes. All of the people living in this world definitely like to just sit around and enjoy but most of us just can’t. There’s nothing wrong in enjoying life but it have limits. One of the most addicting things to do is to use the computer. It is just so addicting it simply has it all, games, music, videos and many more. Another thing about computer is the internet or the World Wide Web. Internet is a huge part of human’s life in this century. It covers many things such as references for educational purposes, music and videos for entertainment, and many more. Nowadays, internet is not used the way it should be used. Maybe because people feel so free when they’re surfing the internet. No doubt games are the most addicting thing when it comes to computer but what’s more interesting for the researchers is the anime addiction of the teens. A huge percentage of the students are addicted to anime. First of all, what the researchers...
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...Windows ® XP FOR DUMmIES by Andy Rathbone ® HUNGRY MINDS, INC. New York, NY N Cleveland, OH N Indianapolis, IN N Foster City, CA Windows ® XP For Dummies® Published by Hungry Minds, Inc. 909 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 www.hungryminds.com www.dummies.com Copyright © 2001 Hungry Minds, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book, including interior design, cover design, and icons, may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 2001092737 ISBN: 0-7645-0893-8 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1B/TQ/QY/QR/IN Distributed in the United States by Hungry Minds, Inc. Distributed by CDG Books Canada Inc. for Canada; by Transworld Publishers Limited in the United Kingdom; by IDG Norge Books for Norway; by IDG Sweden Books for Sweden; by IDG Books Australia Publishing Corporation Pty. Ltd. for Australia and New Zealand; by TransQuest Publishers Pte Ltd. for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Hong Kong; by Gotop Information Inc. for Taiwan; by ICG Muse, Inc. for Japan; by Intersoft for South Africa; by Eyrolles for France; by International Thomson Publishing for Germany, Austria and Switzerland; by Distribuidora Cuspide for Argentina; by LR International for Brazil; by Galileo Libros for Chile; by Ediciones ZETA S.C.R. Ltda. for Peru; by WS Computer Publishing Corporation, Inc...
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