downloading and sharing songs using the peer-to-peer file sharing program Kazaa. Under US law‚ recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30‚000 per infringement‚ or more if the jury believes the infringements were wilful. In the first case of this kind‚ a Minnesota jury awarded $80‚000 per song‚ amounting to $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs. Joel was found guilty and ordered to pay $675‚000 (£404‚000). He now must either pay the fine or declare bankruptcy. Tenenbaum said an entire generation
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standard. Throughout the thousand and thousand years of discovering‚ creating‚ and contributing the world‚ people have collected the huge treasure of knowledge. The following generations inherit this treasure and build up it. Education is the process that we inherit the knowledge. However‚ what we use this heritage for? More specifically‚ what is the function of education? In Think on These Things‚ Jiddu Kristnamurti has considered about the function of education‚ and he said “is it the function of
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support them. As part of your responsibility as a network administrator is to monitor the emails for the organization. Usually this just means occasionally allow through emails for staff members that have been accidentally blocked by the spam filters.One day you get a helpdesk request from a staff member asking for an email to get released. Normally it’s standard procedure except this time
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Biomedical Ethics Chapter 3 Defining the moral status As time passes medicine and the healthcare system has greatly improved the life expectancy of mankind‚ and more options present themselves‚ they also come a price as to which is the right choice to make. How do we defy which life is more important‚ who gets to live and who has second priority? How do you determine who has a higher moral status. What properties should you base your criteria on? We will isolate and divulge on
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How convincing is the moral panic thesis in explaining media reporting of‚ and public responses to‚ youth crime? Moral panic is a concept that examines inconsistent reaction to an event or person. Crimes concerning youths have occurred over the years which have provoked a strong reaction from the public. This essay will mainly focus on how the media reported two events‚ the Clacton riots in the 1960’s and the murder of toddler James Bulger in the 1990’s and how the public responded to them. It
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in her body‚ with a few small tears running down her cheek. King Alfred’s brand new car was severely damaged. He crawled his way out of his scrunched car to see who the man in front of him was. It was another wealthy man named Matthew. Alfred knew this man because he was one of the few wealthy fellows in Gershon. Alfred cursed him out‚ worked his way back into the car‚ and drove slowly but surely to the nearest doctor. But as they were slowly trembling down the highway there was a moment where King
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panned out. That’s not the real lesson you should get however. As a christian‚ people believe their should be no such thing as fear or uncertainty. If God should let it happen to you‚ there must have been a reason. In the story The Moral Logic of Guilt‚ the author shows how soldiers feel after they go through dangerous situations. One of the privots guarding a Bradley fighting vehicle‚ was killed after a gun misfire. No one knew that would happen. So was it really someone’s fault? The Captain in charge
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Beliefs‚ Morals‚ and Values Application Paper [Melisa’s Introduction] For as long as man has been around the question as to whether man is inherently good or evil has been debated. We look at the events that are happening in the world today and find ourselves asking that same question. As we study humanity‚ we discover that there are certain factors that lead to human development; biology‚ psychology and sociology. Some think that man is born evil and either continues to be evil or learns to
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everyone can agree on: Why not simply call a person with dwarfism by his or her name? Being of short stature is only one of the characteristics that make a little person who he or she is. If you’re the parent or loved one of a little person‚ you know this to be true. But here are some facts that other people may not realize about dwarfism and those who have it. Dwarfism: • is characterized by short stature. Technically‚ that means an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches or under‚ according to the
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Self-Morality‚ Moral Relativism‚ and Divine Command Theory Lisa Salazar Essay 1 Part One: Introduction and Statement of Thesis What is morally right or wrong doesn’t depend on what ideology you believe in‚ Moral Relativism or Divine Command Theory‚ but your own individual self-morality. Believing in Divine Command Theory can become a problem when there is doubt of motivation and Moral Relativism can result in morality becoming inconsistent. The standard of consistency requires that “a moral theory should
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