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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Pirates of the Footpath By Name: Anupam Chatterjee Class roll no. – 001000501023 Dissertation submitted towards the fulfillment of the requirements of MA 4th semester examination 2012 Department of Film Studies Jadavpur University Acknowledgements I am grateful to the following people for helping me complete
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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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Somalia is to eliminate the terrorist threat and promote political stability by supporting the establishment of a functioning central government and to address the humanitarian needs of the Somali people. Ends: 1. Political Dialogue – U.S. encouragement between Transitional Federal Institutions and other key Somali stakeholders with the goal of forming an inclusive government of national unity. 2. Security and Stability – Stabilize the situation by rapid deployment of a stabilization force to Somalia
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Pirates of Silverland: Background Oilene Refineries Sdn Bhd (Oilene) is company that refines Crude Palm Oil (CPO) into finished products. Oilene sourced its feedstock from mills‚ whereby its CPO stock is transported to the refining facility by Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB)‚ a transport company based in Perak. Since 2006‚ the transport service rendered by PHSB has been facing challenges whereby its portion of its CPO cargo is sold to illegal market by its truck drivers. To compensate the missing load
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Between the 7th and 10th cent.‚ immigrant Muslim Arabs and Persians established trading posts along Somalia’s Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean coasts; Mogadishu began its existence as a trading station. During the 15th and 16th cent.‚ Somali warriors regularly joined the armies of the Muslim sultanates in their battles with Christian Ethiopia. British‚ French‚ and Italian imperialism all played an active role in the region in the 19th cent. Great Britain’s concern with the area was largely to safeguard
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groups of bold people once ruled the ocean blue committing crimes for profit find treasure. These people‚ known as pirates‚ traveled the seas committing robbery‚ murder‚ and other acts of violence. Throughout the age’s different groups of pirates held various territories‚ lifestyles‚ beliefs and modes of operation. There were sea thieves in Greek‚ Roman and Viking times. Pirates have cruised the waters of the Atlantic‚ the Mediterranean‚ and the Caribbean throughout history. The golden age of
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Throughout history pirates have terrorized the world’s seas. There are few men that have been feared as much as pirates were. Names such as pirate‚ buccaneer‚ and privateer were given to these men and women that terrorized the seas. Black Sam Bellamy‚ Bartholomew Roberts‚ Jean Lafitte‚ Stede Bonnet‚ and Ann Bonny are some of the most feared names know to man. These were the names of pirates that dominated the seas during the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ a time known as the "Golden Age of Piracy." However
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Hoogvliet 21-11-2012 The Pirate Bay 1. Do you think The Pirate Bay can continue to survive in a global internet world? Why or why not? I think The Pirate Bay can’t continue to survive in a global internet world‚ because of all the competition; the new platforms‚ sites and stores you can legally download and buy your music from. Also because of all the lawsuits they get and a lot of countries have refused the internet service providers in their country to host The Pirate Bay or a link which refers
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"unique test of the theory of anarchy" . The rule of law Following the downfall of the Siad Barre regime‚ there was effectively no formal monocentric government law in Somalia. While some urban areas such as Mogadishu had private police forces‚ many Somalis simply returned to the traditional clan-based legal structures for local governance and dispute resolution. The absence of any effective coast guard to enforce maritime law has resulted in Somalian international waters becoming an "international free-for-all"
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