The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales An Empirical Analysis * Felix Oberholzer Koleman Strumpf Harvard Business School UNC Chapel Hill foberholzer@hbs.edu cigar@unc.edu March 2004 Abstract A longstanding economic question is the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet has drastically lowered the cost of copying information goods and provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection. We consider the specific
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------------------------------------------------- Certificate in Further Education Teaching ------------------------------------------------- PTLLS / CTLLS 7304 Level 3 / 4 Assignment 6: Explain/justify the need for keeping records and describe the types of records you would maintain? 1st of November 2009 Record keeping Record keeping is an essential element without which it would be impossible to ascertain many important factors integral to the teaching and learning process. How a learner is progressing‚ whether they
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What is Freeware? Freeware is software offered free of charge‚ downloadable off of the Internet. If the software requires the user to view ads while using the program‚ it is technically not freeware but adware. Freeware is also different from shareware in that shareware requires a payment if the software is to be used past a trial date. Though freeware does not require financial compensation‚ it does have a user license or EULA (End User License Agreement). Each license is specific to the freeware
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Introduction Agriculture is a vital sector of Pakistan’s economy and accounted for almost 30 percent of GDP annually‚ according to government estimates. The sector directly supports three-quarters of the country’s population‚ employs half the labor force‚ and contributes a large share of foreign exchange earnings. The main agricultural products are cotton‚ wheat‚ rice‚ sugarcane‚ fruits‚ and vegetables‚ in addition to milk‚ beef‚ mutton‚ and eggs. Pakistan depends on one of the world’s largest
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Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android‚ Inc.‚ whom Google financially backed and later purchased in 2005‚[9] Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware‚ software‚ and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.[10] The first Android-powered phone was sold in October 2008
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THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING Recycling is one of an important thing to save our life. Recycling means reducing the demands for waste treatment capacity and reducing waste streams. The consumption of non-renewable resources will increase if the less obvious recycling increased. The objectives of recycling are to minimize the resources utilization and emissions of all streams of materials in the production cycle. All the people in the earth should make recycling as their routine in their daily because
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The USPS should be reconstructed because their role is still crucial to business and consumers--even if this advanced era of technology caused their revenue to go down. According to Source B‚ the amount of mail volume and USPS employees gradually decreased from 2000 to 2008 and then there was a dramatic drop in 2009. Annually‚ people have been getting more technical‚ which has been an obstacle for the USPS. There are ways to get at or even exceed this level‚ with suggestions such as modernizing with
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Assignment #3 WAQAR AHMED KHAN (5757) Q1. Write a function power ( a‚ b )‚ to calculate the value of a raised to b. static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine("enter number with power is to be calculated"); int a = Convert.ToInt16(Console.ReadLine()); Console.WriteLine("enter power"); int b = Convert.ToInt16(Console.ReadLine()); Program p = new Program(); double c=p.power(a‚ b); Console
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In today’s society‚ customers are constantly searching for the best bargain for their money. Customers enjoy shopping and getting the best deals for their hard earned dollar. Thus‚ several retail stores have emerged and taken over the smart shopper’s frame of mind. Although there are several retailers in today’s society‚ the leading retailer would be Wal-Mart Stores. It was in 1945 that a young man by the name of Sam Walton decided to open his own department store. Therefore‚ he purchased
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Shrek‚ a grouchy‚ terrifying green ogre who loves the solitude in his swamp‚ finds his life interrupted when many fairytale characters are exited into his swamp by order of the fairytale hating the lord Farquaad. Shrek tells them that he will go to ask Farquaad to send them back. He goes along with Donkey who is his new friend. Farquaadd torture the Gingerbread Man into giving the location of the remaining fairytale creatures until his guards rush in something he has been searching for “ The magic
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