Intellectual Property and Computer Software: the Ongoing Controversy Introduction Ever since the computer software industry began during the mid-1970’s with the personal computer revolution‚ using intellectual property rights (IPR) to protect software has been controversial. Presently‚ software can be protected using both copyright and patents. The issue of software patentability is particularly contentious. On one side there are the large‚ mainly U.S. based corporations‚ such as IBM‚ Microsoft
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“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” Further Adventures of a Curious Character‚ written and narrated by famous physicist Richard P. Feynman; the book consists of two parts: firstly about his life through sequences of humorous stories and several early influences he encountered; mainly his first wife Arlene. Through very emotional stories on how he and Arlene dealt with her heart breaking battle with tuberculosis. All these events led to his personal battle with cancer‚ ending with his death
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“What do you think of the kid‚ Curly?” The two men were sitting at a rickety wooden table in the bunkhouse. The wood stove gave off an insufficient amount of heat for the still chilly Spring. “I think he’s a cocky son of of a buck‚ but he can ride; that’s for damn sure. Did you see how he topped off that roan horse‚” Dakota said. “Stuck it on him like patting for a dance.” Old man Stegner won the roan in a poker game at the saloon in town. He was a big‚ good looking rawboned
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and within 25 years‚ millions of people around the world had installed electrical lighting in their homes. The easy-to-use technology was such an improvement over the old ways that the world never looked back. The amazing thing about this historical turn of events is that the light bulb itself could hardly be simpler. The modern light bulb‚ which hasn’t changed drastically since Edison’s model‚ is made up of only a handful of parts. In this article‚ we’ll see how these parts come together to produce
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The Digital Age in Music: How Advancements in Technology are Re-shaping the Industry Michael Martin Monmouth University Abstract The ever-changing landscape of music distribution‚ due to constant advancements in technology‚ is sometimes hard to keep up with for artist‚ producer‚ and consumer alike. New editions of textbooks in Music Business classes are issued each year‚ and changes are made in the industry before the semester is even over. Because of this‚ it is vital for the industry to
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Is Technology Affecting Us? The technology our us has been affecting us a lot in every way. People have been so focused in their phones‚ tablets‚ computers‚ etc. that they aren’t realizing the damage that it is causing us. If only people would put down their devices and notice the world around them‚ they will see that there is a world waiting for them. Technology has been used for so many reason. They are a good way for getting information‚ to get in touch in friends‚ and much more‚ but beside
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exchanging information was quite simple and limited. It was mainly through face-to-face communication between friends and friends‚ fathers and sons and students and tutors. The information was spread out slowly and in a small area. Nowadays‚ people can receive and send information anytime and anywhere via different channels. It is the age of information explosion: the society is full of information about technology‚ economy‚ politic and culture. Globally information sharing is not a dream but a reality
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2.3 How do you create assessment opportunities that meet the needs of learners Creating assessment opportunities: purpose e.g. awarding organisation requirements‚ recording progress‚ reporting‚ opportunities to provide learner with feedback‚ on-going; appropriateness e.g. to skills-knowledge-understanding‚ timely‚ suitable‚ addressing individual needs Type response here… First of all we should look at the awarding body’s requirement for accreditation. Using this information we could then
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“Are intellectual property laws ruining the game & graphic design industry?” Have you ever woken up one morning with the idea to create an invention that no one else knows about? Well what if I told you that someone was able to steal your idea without being charged a cent. You’d feel a lot of anger and frustration building up inside you right? This is the turning point where you take matters into your own hands‚ but how would you do that without knowing what to do? Yep you guessed it‚ Welcome
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ingredients used in the mix‚ the properties of concrete has enough strength in compression‚ but has little strength in tension. Due to this‚ concrete as such is weak in bending‚ shear and torsion. Hence the use of plain concrete is limited to applications where great compressive strength is the main requirement and where tensile stresses are either totally absent or are extremely low. • W/c ratio: Strength‚ elasticity‚ durability and impermeability of concrete is increased with decrease in w/c ratio
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