MPA (Motion Picture Association) are doing to combat this illegal practice. Researches show that this is not entirely true in the case of record sales. They have stated that internet music piracy is not responsible for declining CD sales. Felix Oberholzer-Gee at Harvard Business School and Koleman Strumpf at the University of North Carolina monitored 680 albums which were chosen from a wide range of genres‚ which was downloaded over two weeks in the second half of 2002. They used computer
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FRANCISCO BELTRAN v FELIX SAMSON FACTS Francisco Beltran is a municipal treasurer accused of Falsification of Public Documents. Felix Samson‚ Judge of the Second Judicial District ordered Francisco Beltran to appear before the Provincial Fiscal of Isabela‚ Francisco Jose‚ to take dictations in his own handwriting from the latter. The purpose for such was for the fiscal to compare Beltran’s handwriting and to determine if it is he who wrote certain documents supposed to be falsified. Beltran filed
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Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment was an astonishing movement of philosophers in the 18th century who shared and opposed each other’s ideas‚ reasons‚ questions‚ and concerns about several different beliefs such as religious tolerance‚ deism (God)‚ government‚ society‚ and knowledge. The goal of all Enlightenment thinkers was social reform. Some of the philosophers mentioned in the following paragraphs had similar ideas to one another‚ yet others had completely different thoughts on those same
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Literature of Singapore The literature of Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans in any of the country’s four main languages: English‚ Tamil‚ Chinese‚ and Malay. While Singaporean literary works may be considered as also belonging to the literature of their specific languages‚ the literature of Singapore is viewed as a distinct body of literature portraying various aspects of Singapore society and forms a significant part of the culture of Singapore. Literature in all
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faithful. The museum’s visual arts collection extends to the galleries on the second floor. It is in this exhibit hall where visitors view sample works of pre-war artists like Simon Flores‚ Fabian de la Rosa‚ Dominador Castaneda‚ Diosdado Lorenzo‚ and Felix Martinez. Together they are displayed side-by side with the works of contemporary artists like Nunelucio Alvarado‚ Nena Saguil‚ Romeo Tabuena‚ Jaime De Guzman‚ and Julie Lluch. These artworks show us the creativity of Filipino and we can also see
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Education divides rather than unites. “True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality‚ the inequality of success‚ the glorious inequality of talent‚ of genius‚” the famous educator‚ Felix Schelling stated. Individuals of our society unintentionally receive different degrees of education indicates the class disparities amongst the public. Hence‚ education divides the society. Education divides the society rather than unites. This can be seen in developing
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blacks in slavery. A lack of resources kept blacks in slavery. Blacks soon realized that being free made them feel great but it did not mean they were going to be successful and have everything in the palm of their hand. A former slave by the name Felix Haywood stated‚ “We knowed freedom was on us‚ but we didn’t know what was to come with it. We thought we was going to be rich like the white folks.” (Haywood). Blacks struggled to find shelter. Blacks could
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chat for a moment and then they part ways due to the pressure of the other guests at the wedding. A little later Captain Leopold is approached by his ex-wife Monica‚ they have a quick calm chat and then Monica introduces Leopold to her boyfriend Dr. Felix Thursby‚ they converse for a moment then Monica asks Captain Leopold to step into the other room for a minute to talk in privacy‚ they walk into a room and Monica locks the door behind them. The room is about 30 feet square and completely unfurnished
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the ground that the pending petition for declaration of nullity of marriage filed by petitioner against his wife constitutes a prejudicial question. The antecedent facts of the case are undisputed: Petitioner Meynardo Beltran and wife Charmaine E. Felix were married on June 16‚ 1973 at the Immaculate Concepcion Parish Church in Cubao‚ Quezon City.1 On February 7‚ 1997‚ after twenty-four years of marriage and four children‚2 petitioner filed a petition for nullity of marriage on the ground of psychological
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Mary Shelley’s ability to create such multidimensional characters in Frankenstein proves that writing is a powerful tool that has the ability to provoke vastly different opinions amongst readers. Even though each individual reading the story is reading the exact same words‚ their interpretation of those words often leads to opposing views in regards to the fate of the characters. The creature‚ in particular‚ has been a popular topic of discussion when conducting a close read of the novel due to his
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