community. Through Free Geek’s green mission‚ you have brought together hundreds of diverse volunteers (500-600 active). The passionate people you have brought together have gained valuable skills and have improved their ability to unleash the awesome power of digital solutions. You empower the Portland community through generous hardware grants‚ giving qualifying community change organizations the technology they need to continue their mission of goodwill. Volunteering at Free Geek is a rewarding
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For decades‚ the United States has carried the title of being the “land of the free.” It is no wonder that many people emigrate to this country because of that being what it is largely known for. In 2014‚ the immigrant population was at about 42.4 million. Of that 42.4 million‚ 11.4 million are undocumented and therefore face the risk of deportation. Lastly‚ out of those 11.4 undocumented immigrants‚ 52% of them are Mexican. Latinos make up a large portion of undocumented immigrants in the United
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downloaded worldwide. Six percent of that was illegal downloads‚ 600 million illegal downloads in just a three month period. Copyright infringement is one of the many horrible things that happens today and we need to come up with a better way to prevent it. There are many policies that are used to let a person know if they have downloaded something illegally‚ one of those is the Copyright Alert System (CAS). This lets content producers such as filmmakers and music producers connect to peer-to-peer networks
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The Film Piracy Problem The Film Piracy Problem Teacher Overview Film piracy is the illegal copying and distribution of movies in print‚ videos‚ DVDs or electronic files. New developments in digital technology make server-based or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing on the Internet convenient and relatively fast. A negative consequence of this new technology‚ however‚ is online theft of copyrighted material. This lesson introduces students to the problem of film piracy‚ focusing specifically on Internet
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Thương mại Việt Nam và vấn nạn vi phạm quyền sở hữu công nghệ: Case study và bình luận ThS. H’’ Thuý Ngọc Trường Đại học Ngoại thương Thương mại Việt Nam bây giờ và cách đây 10 năm đã hoàn toàn khác biệt. Sản phẩm lao động không chỉ thuần tuý là sự kết tinh của sức lao động và tư liệu sản xuất nữa. Với óc sáng tạo và bàn tay tài hoa của người thợ‚ sản phẩm lao động ngày càng tinh xảo và hàm chứa một phần
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Introduction Piracy is certainly an Eastern Africa problem in recent years. It is‚ somehow‚ an expression of organised crime. For the last decade‚ piracy has made a home off the coast of Somalia and has‚ over the last three years or so‚ become increasingly disruptive to international trade. However‚ it has been a cause of deep concern for several centuries‚ indeed millennia in other parts of the world. For much of the 20th century‚ piracy was regarded as a problem most frequently associated
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however; with the increased anonymity and ease of sharing information‚ piracy has become a very real issue for companies‚ both in and out of the workplace. Piracy can be segmented into two main industries; the multimedia industry which involves the copying of songs‚ videos and games‚ and the software industry which is the copying of software licences. For the purpose of this paper‚ we will be discussing the implications of software piracy‚ its effects on everyday businesses‚ and also briefly cover the
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All around the world people connected to the internet are downloading free digital content through P2P file sharing software. Intellectual property rights are being broken as people are downloading free content through P2P (Peer 2 Peer) networks‚ and illegal websites online. Production companies can’t do anything about that because developers of this type of software can’t be blamed for what people share. And no one can track the people behind the illegal websites. Production companies took
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expressions The Expressions Company began in 1988 as The Expressions Card and Stationery Shop‚ offering greeting cards and other paper products exclusively distributed by Sterling Paper. Two decades later‚ The Expressions store has grown to over 40 branches nationwide and has expanded its merchandise to include complete lines of school and office supplies‚ gift and novelty items‚ computer supplies and reading materials‚ living up to its current positioning as "Your affordable school and office
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and companies that make agreements with the copyright holder. If you uncle produces the next Blood Diamond movie and you have access to it‚ that does not give you the right to sell it just because you can make copies of it on your home computer. There is a wide underground market around the country that is involved in the manufacturing‚ distribution and sales of pirated movies. This may not be very important to many citizens. However‚ movie piracy is still wrong. It does not matter if the movie
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