A. 1. Give an outline of the attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading as presented in texts 1 and 3. Texts 1 and 3 represent two opposing attitudes to copyright violation and illegal downloading in today’s technologic world. In text 1‚ “It’s Evolution‚ Stupid”‚ by co-founder of The Pirate Bay‚ Peter Sunde‚ Sunde displays his growing dissatisfaction with the current copyright law. As the co-founder of one of the world’s most popular torrent downloading sites‚ he claims that copyright
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Abortion: A Violation of Human Rights? A medical procedure designed to end a pregnancy is called an abortion. Why a woman would no longer want to be pregnant after conception is a question of many answers in which only the individual woman can answer. Some people are against abortions and believe for one reason or another they should not take place. Others argue‚ saying that because the pregnancy exists within their body they have the right to do with it as they please‚ regardless
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Because I live in the United States our first amendment is freedom to speech‚ practice religion‚ press and peacefully assemble. I feel though some people take it too far. Like how during the election people would protest which I’m fine with‚ but then people started protesting violently. I was a Hillary supporter‚ but still though you didn’t need to attack trump supporters‚ breaking windows and stores around‚ and flipping cars. Another thing that wasn’t right was when the people hung their flag upside
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court cases completely contradict what the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution intended to happen. The Sixth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution focuses on the rights of an accused person. These rights include an impartial and fair jury where no bias is present or bias is canceled out‚ a trial held publicly and as close to the origin of the crime as possible‚ and the right to a trial as quickly as possible. Other rights included in this amendment focus more on the accused such as the right to know
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In this weeks module I learned about the eighth amendment and what it entails in this country. The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail‚ excessive fines‚ or cruel and unusual punishments. That being said the founding fathers set this right into the Bill of Rights because of the cruel punishments the king of England had set in place in Great Britain. To live back then was crazy. The king could sentence you to execution without
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Jackson D. Despite the overwhelming expectations for the eighteenth amendment to repair America and slay the problems plaguing it‚ people were crestfallen when the fingernail of austerity scraped away the gilded layer of the presumably hallowed doctrine‚ revealing the lead core that was the eighteenth amendment’s effects on the American society. In 1920 the U.S prohibited the sale and production of alcohol and the purpose of it was to lower crime rates‚ lower tax burden of prisons‚ solve social
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The Fourth Amendment addresses the right of the person to be secure in their person‚ house‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and warrants as they relate to probable cause (2012). Specifically‚ the procedural rights of the fourth amendment require law enforcement to follow guidelines regarding the search and seizure of persons and property and address the steps for illegally obtained evidence. Searches‚ defined as the exploration or inspections of homes‚ offices
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Constitutional Amendment #22 Can you think if your president had more than two terms???Well I can because Barack has leaded us into the right path for our future. He helped to lower taxes and helped us a little bit with our debt crisis. So Obama should want to choose how many times he wants to be president because if he wants to make this a better place he’s going to have to keep moving forward. So there shall not be any amendment limiting the presidential terms. Taxes on the other hand
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Cynthia Ms. Conboy AP U.S. History 25 January 2012 After the 13th Amendment was passed‚ African American slaves were freed from their lifetime involuntary servitude‚ and life for them seemed to be on the way to happiness (Document A). An economy that worked without slaves was a new concept to the South; freedmen were joyous about it‚ and white planters loathed it. The United States underwent a sort of revolution in its economy and its social hierarchy (Document D). After the Civil War ended
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A lot of people including myself doesn’t always say hello when I see someone familiar in public. It’s just a basic manner we need to learn. In our bill of rights‚ the first amendment we have the freedom of speech. People speak their mind and sometimes don’t have enough words to explain so they turn to the vulgar words. Shoot even kids curse. One curses and doesn’t even realize. But what if it slips out during church? Today’s
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