C ASE S TUDY The Pirate Bay: The World’s Most Resilient Copyright Infringer? The Pirate Bay (TPB)‚ a Swedish Web site (Piratebay.org)‚ is one of the world’s most popular pirated music and content sites‚ offering free access to millions of copyrighted songs and thousands of copyrighted Hollywood movies. In June 2011‚ The Pirate Bay reported that it had about 5 m illion r egistered u s ers‚ a nd 25 m illion n on-registered u sers ( so-called "free riders "). To p ut t hat n umber i n p
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Mohammed Al Qahtani has not been charged of any crime‚ but is apparently being held indefinitely. That is‚ by any standard‚ an extraordinary and deplorable situation. In January 2009‚ a senior official appointed by President Bush’s Administration confirmed that charges against him were dropped because he had been tortured. Mr. al Qahtani’s lawyers have been able to review some of the tapes that show aspects of his treatment. Yet President Obama’s administration continues to resist all efforts to
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Company: The Bay The need analysis is done on the particular store that I worked at and for the Ladies wear department‚ concerns raised here may not be generalizable across all stores and departments. The needs analysis is performed to identify gaps between the desired performance and current performance. Concern Not all employees comply with the training provided; therefore not all employees promote the value added services the organization provides like auto locate and the Bay Credit Cards. Some
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and I have been asked by the head office to write a report about the South Port Sand Dune system. Part 1: Kennedia Prostrata: Kennedia Prostrata is commonly known as the ‘Running Postman’. The Running Postman can spread up to 1.5 metres‚ followed but cylindrical pods that are 3cm-5cm in length. The Kennedia Prostrata has a light green leaf that contain 3 rounded leaflets. The species are naturally adapted to sand or light soil. That means that it is easy to maintain and can planted where it needs
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Analysis of The Pirate Bay Case The Pirate Bay is a file sharing website based in Sweden that is comparable to other peer-to-peer (P2P) e-commerce sites like Napster and Kazaa. The company faces scrutiny but has avoided closure by modifying business practices and finding legal loopholes regarding copyright protection (Laudon & Traver‚ 2010). The case study "Internet Piracy: The Pirate Bay" analyzes the company and its place in the history of e-commerce‚ and reveals startling effects of P2P sites
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Guantanamo Bay is a prison area near Cuba and is controlled by the American Navy. After the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attack in the US‚ the US forces picked up about 600 people from various parts of the world and imprisoned them in the Guantanamo Bay prison on charges of aiding or involvement in this terrorist attack. In most cases‚ the governments of the countries to which these prisoners belonged were neither informed or was permission taken. It was done in such secrecy that even the families
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opinions on the issue of the “Tar sands” or “Oil sands” (I shall use both unambiguously) development. Environmentalists (like myself) and concerned citizens in Canada‚ as well as the international community‚ decry that the largest industrial energy project on the face of the planet is destroying future generation’s right to clean soil‚ water‚ air‚ biodiversity and most importantly a stable climate. As well as strong local economy‚ the current economic setup of the tar sands’ development is to focus on
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Itchen Royal Marina Environmental Scoping Report December 2010 1. INTRODUCTION 2.1. Project Background | 3 | 2.2. Legislative Context of EIA | 3 | 2.3. Project Description | 3 | 2.4. Areas of Conservation | 4 | 2.5. Outline of Consultation Strategy | 5 | 2.6. Planning Policy Context | 5 | 2. MAIN ISSUES FOR ASSESSMENT 3.7. WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITY 3.8.1. Overview of the Existing Environment | 6 |
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1. Why did TPB believe it was not violating copyright laws? What did the Swedish Court rule? The Pirate Bay believed it was not violating copyright laws because they said that they were merely a search engine similar to Google or Bing and were just providing the access or link to existing P2P networks that TPB does not itself control or run. They believed that since they weren’t actually providing the information or the files that consumers were looking for they were not violating
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Investigation into Succession in Sand Dunes. Scientific Knowledge: Succession is a long-term direction of change in the composition of a community‚ brought about by the organisms themselves. Primary succession occurs when a community develops on bare/uncolonised ground‚ which has never had vegetation growing on it. A good example of primary succession is that of succession on sand dunes. Secondary succession occurs on ground that has previously been colonised but is now available because
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