Analysis of The Pirate Bay Copyright Infringement Kristin Philip Marylhurst University MBA 530 E-Commerce August 5‚ 2012 Abstract This paper explores the social and legal issues raised by Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing of copyrighted material on websites such as The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay has created a controversy around the world between people who support P2P file sharing and the industries that make their money selling the content that is being shared by peers (Laundon
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You know the tone. You know the look; the large destroyed thick-framed glasses‚ the pleated shorts that exposes some thigh‚ the childlike laugh‚ the intense self-seriousness (Nugent 11). Wikipedia states that a “nerd‚ as a stereotypical or archetypal designation‚ refers to somebody who pursues intellectual interests at the expense of skills that are useful in a social setting such as communication‚ fashion‚ or physical fitness.” (Wikipedia) To many people who are not “nerds”‚ this definition sounds
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Art and Intention ART/101 Tyrancer Journet University of Phoenix Adolf Mizzell October 19‚ 2014 Art and Intention Summarize the reaction of the public to Michelangelo’s David and Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase. The Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending art work became one of the controversial works because people thought he was mocking the audience because they could not find a woman in the painting. The public did not like the Michelangelo’s David art work. They were offended by the nudity
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Only in America does society outcast the overachievers. Not talking about the stars in sports or cheerleading‚ but those who rise above the standards academically. Leonid Fridman in his article‚ “America Need Its Nerds”‚ uses rhetorical devices to argue that nerds are treated as inferior compared to the athletes. Questions‚ examples‚ and the idea of “birth to death” are carefully used to argue his point of the treatment these nerds are receiving in today’s society. Don’t questions get the mind
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ITALIAN STEREOTYPES Stereotypes always tend to have some truth mixed in with a few generalisations and a bit of exaggeration. Here a small list that Italians usually do in their life. The typically Italian man has dark eyes and a dark complexion‚ with black hair. He is very passionate and lazy and he works in factory or into an office. The typical Italian woman has a round shape. She is very charming and she works as housewife. The Italians usually live in flats in the city. They pay
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A) A paper on copyright violation 1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in texts 1 and 3. In 2009‚ the three founders of The Pirate Bay (TPB) were convicted of contributory copyright infringement. They were sentenced between four months and one year in prison. In 2006‚ a Swedish prosecutor said‚ “TPB wasn’t guilty of “main” crimes – at best it aids and abets.” Therefore‚ according to Peter Sunde‚ this new conviction‚ which he contributes
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The Pirate Bay -Case Study 1. How does The Pirate Bay business make money? What is its business model? - The Pirate business makes their money by advertising using the “advertising revenue” as a business model. It’s a website works as a forum to advertise and receives fees from the advertiser. The more browsers the website has‚ the higher rates of the websites will charge and that’s what lead them to increase their revenue. 2. How do new “cloud-based” media sites and services make money
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Every reality is a fiction Our world consists of many realties. Two being commercial‚ and the other‚ artistic. A commercial reality is one of indulgence‚ and pleasure‚ always aiming to suit those who yearn for it. Artistic reality however‚ is open to interpretation. This means there are many possible outcomes. One could be saddened or depressed by the reality‚ and others‚ joyful. It is because of this uncertainty in artistic realities that the film industry‚ as well as many other industries‚ have
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Chapter I It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war. Epigraph means that even though they were not physically destroyed‚ they were mentally Paul Baumer and the Second Company were resting after being in the front lines. They spent two weeks in front of constant battle. They started out with 150 men‚ but only 80 returned. Leer‚ Muller‚ Kropp‚ and Baumer‚ all 19 and from the same class in school. They all enlisted
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for Alibrandi is about Josephine Alibrandi in her last year of high school at St Martha‘s. The book begins with Josie sitting at her desk in her religion class in deep thought about a multiple choice question in a Hot Pants Magazine. The setting in Looking for Alibrandi does not play a main part in the book but plays a main part in her love and family life. In the book there is an emphasis on an urban environment with a teenage view on the social links at her school. Josie lives in Australia in
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