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    Film Piracy and its effect on the Industry Five Advantages of Film Piracy: These are the "advantages" one might see for why to commit film piracy‚ but I by know way endorse such a thing. • You can save money • Sometimes one may have the advantage of seeing a film before it is released on DVD • It’s been made a lot easier to get ahold of pirated films and can usually be downloaded in minutes • one can peer-to-peer share with friends • One might see it as free publicity for the film Five Disadvantages

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    informative speech I will be focusing on one particular job‚ which is a power line utility installer. This profession ranks in the top 10 most dangerous jobs in the country. My personal experience as a Utility Theft Investigator almost resulted in an electrocution. While investigating a case of utility theft I placed my hand inside an energized meter can causing an arch with my wedding ring; this could have resulted in a fatality. The following websites provide statics showing

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    The Pear Theft Story

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    The pear-theft story is supposed to tell us about human nature more broadly is that everything human’s desire is sinning. “The life we live here is open to temptation by reason of a certain measure and harmony between its own splendor and all these beautiful things of low degree” (5.10) it is true that life is filled with temptations‚ and we have the knowledge of knowing if it is right or wrong to do those things. The definition of temptation is the desire to do something‚ especially something wrong

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    Vehicle Theft Definition

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    One of the more interesting aspects of stolen property is vehicle theft. What sets this crime apart from other stolen property is what I call the “mobility doctrine”. Meaning‚ vehicles have the inherent ability to be easily relocated from one location to another (Karmen‚ 2015). This creates a special dynamic; because the location a vehicle is left in can have a significant impact on it susceptibility to being stolen (Karmen‚ 2015). Couple this dynamic and mobility doctrine with the fact that

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    software companies can safeguard from computer piracy. There’s a big conflict between legitimate business’s and illegal distributors‚ which is creating a black-market. Essentially‚ piracy is illegal distribution and use of any product protected by copyright laws. Piracy effects society in various ways. Our paper discusses the laws and ethics‚ business losses‚ known cases‚ and the means used to commit piracy. There are many laws concerning software piracy that have been around for years but have proven

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    PIRACY IN SOMALIA AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS In the past few years‚ pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have received a great deal of public attention. According to the London-based International Maritime Bureau‚ there has been an “unprecedented increase” in Somali pirate activity in the first 9 months of 2009. Until September this year 147 incidents were reported off the Somali coast and in the Gulf of Aden (separating Somalia and Yemen)‚ compared with 63 for the same period

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    Hacking‚ Piracy and Virus Creation “In this era of computer advancements and technological breakthroughs Hackers‚ Computer Pirates and Virus Creators while there actions are similar there motives can differ‚ Shamus Ford reports.” In today’s society computer crimes such as Hacking‚ Computer Piracy and Virus Creation are on the rise. The internet is the most common place computer crimes occur with 77% of attacks occurring via the internet while 33% from an internal system. There are a variety

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    probably aren’t know about pirates. First of all‚ to know what piracy was really like background knowledge on some important events that changed history is needed. The age that holds most of these events is the Golden Age of Piracy. This started in the 16th century. The Golden Age is when piracy really caught on. People would pay for the pirates pirate ships in return for 10% of the plunder. Around 1609 “Morocco became a new center for piracy” as stated in source 2 Pirate History. In 1671 Buccaneers captured

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    Introduction The Golden Age of Piracy is the subject of many Hollywood films. One of the most popular film series in recent years is the series Pirates of the Caribbean. But how accurately does the movie capture the Golden Age of Piracy that spanned from the 1650’s to the 1730’s? In order to answer this question‚ my team of researchers and I examined how accurately Jack Sparrow was portrayed‚ the myths and superstitions‚ the weapons‚ and the pirate code used in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean:

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    Introduction The piracy of copyright protected digital goods is a large and growing problem in the music‚ computer software‚ videogame and film industries. Digital piracy includes the purchase of counterfeit products at a discount to the price of the copyrighted product‚ and illegal file sharing of copyright material over peer-to-peer computer networks. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) claims that about 34% of all recorded music products sold worldwide in 2004

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