James Eckert Professor Reed PHIL 2306 2 December 2011 Information Freedom: The Ethical Implications of SOPA The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a U.S. House of Representatives bill with the stated purpose‚ "To promote prosperity‚ creativity‚ entrepreneurship‚ and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property‚ and for other purposes." (1) SOPA proposes to accomplish those goals by allowing the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright owners to take action against websites thought to be
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RIAA‚ spoke out about the association’s support for SOPA and PIPA in response to the acts’ criticism from such websites as Wikipedia‚ clarifying that the RIAA supports online freedom‚ but believes it does not justify their 15% loss in revenue due to piracy (Horowitz). This demonstrates how associations that protect intellectual property rights are criticized for their support for internet regulation acts by certain websites‚ showing the tension between the common good of corporations and the individual
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imperial acquisition” (M. Daphne Kutzer qtd in Noimann‚ 61)‚ but instead‚ Ben Gunn begs for a “Christian diet” and bargains with Jim so that he returns home like a lost child (134). Ben Gunn’s character here relates to the declining “Golden Age of Piracy” and the British empire‚ as what were once influential figures for boys at the time (pirates / colonialists) are now powerless by the twentieth-century. Therefore‚ Stevenson criticises imperialism through the fragile masculinity it impacts on characters
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Making Hate Speech Illegal What would happen if we were to make hate speech illegal? Hate speech can be defined as “verbal‚ written‚ and symbolic acts that convey a grossly negative view of particular persons or groups based on their gender‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability.” ("Glossary." Glossary. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. .) Would making hate speech illegal disable it’s force or would it affirm its power? In the article‚ Performing Gender Identity Young Men’s
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Barbary Wars The Barbary wars were a set of conflicts between the United States and several of the Muslim nations on the coast of North Africa in the 1800’s. The North African countries on the coast were involved in piracy on the open seas against merchant shipping. The piracy against American shipping continued until the U.S. gained the military and naval strength to protect American-flagged ships. The First Barbary War The first Barbary War was also known as the Tripolitanian War. This war
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The Academy Award for Best Picture is considered the most important award of the ceremony. While there are those who think that the other nominees should win the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture‚ Captain Phillips is a fantastic and well made movie based on a true story. The Academy Awards Ceremony of today is far from what it was when it first began. The first Academy Awards ceremony took place out of the public eye during an Academy banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (“History of the
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28 Mar. 2010. . 2008. Web. 22 Apr. 2010. . Chmielewski‚ Dawn C. “EMI Agrees to Distribute Music Video on Hulu.” Los Angeles Times 19 Nov. 2009‚ Home Edition ed.: 3 Easley‚ Robert F. “Ethical Issues in the Music Industry Response to Innovation and Piracy.” Journal of Business Ethics 65.2 (2005): 163-68. Print. “For Students Doing Reports.” RIAA. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. . Goldman‚ Jeff. “Congress Passes Bill Banning Federal P2P Use.” P2P File Sharing. 27 Mar. 2010. Web. 27 Mar Gopal‚ Ram D.‚ and Sudip Bhattacharjee
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DTH Satellite TV: Timelines to the Future While today’s hot DTH marketplace makes for an exciting story‚ this is an industry with a history unknown to most. It is a story of an industry which was never supposed to exist. An industry born out of the genius of a Stanford University college professor and publicized by ham radio conversations. An industry that defied all odds to grow from the backyards of techies and early adapters to today’s multi-billion dollar first-line competitor to the cable
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Internal Environment Corporate Structure Rosetta Stone’s headquarters are in Washington‚ DC. Here the decisions are made that move the company forward. Their whole focus is put on their one product‚ which is a computer program that teaches people a language in an innovative way‚ they have differentiation in their product in the sense that they have different languages and that they specialize their products to their customer. They have a second office in America in Colorado. Furthermore there are
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ENRICA LEXIE INCIDENT: INTERNATIONAL CASE BETWEEN ITALY AND INDIA Author: Manuele Scardaccio The Enrica Lexie incident of 15 February 2012‚ off the coast of Kerala had attracted unprecedented attention in all the world. The legal issues involved in bringing the Italian marines to justice for the killing of two Indian fishermen on board an Indian fishing boat in a shoot-out from Enrica Lexie‚ an Italian flagged commercial boat‚ in the contiguous zone of India had been the subject matter of legal
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