Pirates are people who trespassed another’s business rights also known as robbers‚ where they trade goods without permission.(1)The history of piracy dates back more than 3000 years ago‚ it appears that the word pirate(peirato) was first used in about 140 BC by the Roman historian Polybius.(2)He described pirates as those who attack without legal authority.(2)The Jolly Roger flag was made to be scary with a skull and a black background.(3)As many think‚ pirates were the cause of war between the Persians
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Freedom of speech and expression The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ 1 adopted in 1948‚ provides‚ in Article 19‚ that: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek‚ receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.[1] Technically‚ as a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly rather than a treaty‚ it is not legally binding in its entirety
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The Copyright Act‚ 1957 came into force from January 1958 and it essentially considered being the extension of the British Copyright Act‚ 1911 to India. This Act has been amended six times since then‚ i.e.‚ in 1983‚ 1984‚ 1992‚ 1994‚ 1999 and 2012 with the amendment of 1994 and 2012 considered to be most substantial and ground breaking. Copyright is a branch of intellectual property rights that protects original works of authorship. A copyright over some material generally implies that the copyright
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In the 19th century‚ Thomas Jefferson and James Madison sent the U.S Navy into the Mediterranean to defeat the Barbary pirates. Piracy was a major concern for decades but it took a long time for military action to be taken due to insufficient funds. Barbary pirates from the northern coast of North Africa "preyed on commerce in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean." They terrorized people for ransom money and blackmail. Just like today‚ religion is an important determinant of victims. Pirates were Muslims
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COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN NIGERIA You would recall that in my last article‚ I stated that there is no centralized system of registering copyright in Nigeria. I stated that a “work” which is the subject not the copyright need not be registered before it can be protected under the law. In the process of patenting an invention‚ I came across a process known as copyright notification and I think it is important that I share it with you (You are probably wondering what Patent registration has to do with
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The Expression of Absurdism In Albert Camus’ Novel “The Stranger” The Stranger by Albert Camus is a novel written in an absurdist point of view. The main character Meursault is faced with the death of his mother‚ the conflict between his neighbor Raymond‚ and Raymond’s girlfriend‚ and finally the decision to shoot the Arab. Camus suggests through his main character Meursault that being an absurdist is not living a life without meaning but rather living a life with a meaning while admitting
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A History on Universal Facial Expressions: The Works of Lamarck‚ Izard and Russell Kathleen Coyne-Boyles From the time of the ancient Greeks through to the modern age‚ understanding and interpreting man’s emotions and body language have been a source of both fasicnation and a point of intellectual debate. The ancient philosophers‚ such as Aristotle‚ proposed the idea that the face takes on varying appearances which are characteristic of each of the passions (or emotions) of humankind. The famous
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In mathematics‚ an algebraic expression is an expression built up from constants‚ variables‚ and a finite number of algebraic operations (addition‚ subtraction‚ multiplication‚ division and exponentiation by an exponent that is a rational number).[1] For example‚ is an algebraic expression. Since taking the square root is the same as raising to the power ‚ is also an algebraic expression. A rational expression is an expression that may be rewritten to a rational fraction by using the properties
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Copyright Implications Paper Jason Henshall IT/236 April 1‚ 2015 Daniel Liu Title of Paper Copyrighted material is a big deal. You must get permission from the people who own the material that you are wanting to use for yourself. Depending on the material that you are trying to use‚ you can get away with it by citing the material to where you got it. When you copyright material‚ like a picture‚ quote‚ etc.‚ it means that the material has an owner. The owner has the rights to that material that
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Facial expressions comprise a considerable amount of nonverbal communication. With our 80 facial muscles we can create more than 7‚000 facial expressions. It is one of the most difficult types of nonverbal communication to master the subtle meanings and to be able to catch micro-expressions. Some facial expressions are similar where ever we are in the world. Human faces communicate happiness‚ sadness‚ anger and fear. The overall appearance of the face offer information about age‚ sex‚ race‚ ethnicity
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