the Caribbean. The incorporation of the Dutch into the Caribbean during the latter half of the 16th century and early 17th century came on the heels of them seeing the prosperous economic opportunities at the time dominated by the Spanish. In the Caribbean‚ the Dutch concentrated on wrestling from Portugal its grip on the sugar and slave trade through attacks on the Spanish treasure fleets on their homeward bound voyages. Though the prime and most active time for the Dutch in the Caribbean lasted
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Piracy‚ is it morally wrong‚ or right? Through our recent history there have been a rise in the peer-to-peer sharing programs and the availability of many types of media on the internet being available and free. In order to understand and gain knowledge on this issue‚ we can apply some universal moral theories which include the Kantian‚ Utilitarian‚ and Rights ethics. With how technology has advanced‚ the internet has become easier to get access to. Most of these users participate in file-sharing
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Different forms of historiographies tend to emerge during eras of changing scholarly perspective‚ and the New Left historiography is no exception. It came into widespread use during the 60s and 70s‚ a time of social unrest‚ and provides an outlook on history based in present ideal values. This type of historiography allows for the opportunity to examine social change over time‚ to make value based judgements on the events of our past‚ and more‚ but it does fall prey to the inherent bias found in
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Foundation. San Francisco: EFF‚ 2004. Silverthorne‚ Sean. "Music Downloads: Pirates-or Customers?" HBS Working Knowledge For Business Leaders. 21 June 2004. President and Fellows of Harvard Business School. 1 May 2006 . "What the RIAA is Doing About Piracy." RIAA. 27 Apr. 2006. Recording Industry Association of America. 1 May 2006 .
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Teach places several slow burning fuses under his hat‚ lighting each one by one[i]. With wisps of smoke billowing around his face‚ Blackbeard‚ the most treacherous pirate in history‚ emerges from his cabin to join the fight. In the golden age of piracy‚ Captain Edward Teach‚ more commonly known as Blackbeard‚ stands out as the fiercest and most important figure. Blackbeard and his crew successfully controlled commerce along the North Carolina and Virginia coast from 1717-1718. Blackbeard influenced
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researchers would like to acknowledge where in one way or another helped to make this term paper be possible. Because of the help of the people who allotted their time and effort‚ this paper achieved its goal. What types of CDs/DVDs are being sold in Quiapo? * What is more in demand‚ local or foreign movies? * What is the difference of the pirated CDs to original CDs cost? What is the profile of people who sells pirated CDs/DVDs in Quiapo? * How much capital
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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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Research on music piracy A Proposal Submitted to Ms.Rupal Khambhati Faculty (S.R.Luthra Institute Of Management) BY Farhan 14 Divyesh 23 Huzefa 15 Pratik 31 Bhaumik 58 Hardik 05 November 13‚ 2011 Executive Summary: In today’s technological era‚ the music industry is in a crisis. Music is being downloaded illegally more than ever .Rising costs for music coupled with a lack of guilt for pirating music has caused music piracy rates to skyrocket. Be it
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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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Is Music Piracy Stealing? For centuries‚ the term piracy calls forth an image of a plundering character that can be found in one of today’s most popular movies‚ Pirates of the Caribbean. But over recent decades‚ the term piracy has evolved into one who infringes copyrighted material. Instead of that dirty one-eyed pirate with a wooden peg leg and cutlass sword‚ the pirate now can be anyone‚ any size‚ any age. Charles Moore wrote the essay‚ “Is Music Piracy Stealing?”‚ and tried to answer his
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