silence ‚and to many people in many cultures‚ music is an important part of their way of life . Invention of the internet and copyable audio-file formats made downloading and sharing music very easy . However‚ this should be considered a criminal acts as downloading music for free is equal to stealing . There are several reason why downloading music for free is equal to stealing . Firstly ‚ because it is legal issue . Music is under copyright and taking it without permission for the rightful owner
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Illegally Downloading Music In the past ten years Internet music sharing has become a huge issue in the recording industry. Recording companies are furious‚ claiming that file swapping is destroying their album sales and greatly hurting the artists. Music consumers are justifying their actions by stating that album prices are outrageously high. In Anthony Gorry’s essay‚ “Steal This MP3 File: What Is Theft?”‚ the author demonstrates how illegal downloading of music is becoming a huge problem in
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our day. There are all types of music; hip hop‚ rock‚ rap‚ pop‚ etc. With the growing amounts of songs and artists‚ people want to listen to them more. Therefore they need some source in order to listen to these songs. If downloading music off the internet is considered “illegal”‚ then why do people have music sharing websites? There are about 500 online services located in 40 countries. With all these websites people should be allowed to download music and let it not be considered stealing. For example:
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copyright law. This law targets those that target digital recordings. · Criminal penalties can run up to five years in prison and/or $250‚000 in fines‚ even if you didn’t do it for monetary or financial or commercial gain. · If you did expect something in return‚ even if it just involves swapping your files for someone else’s‚ as in MP3 trading‚ you can be sentenced to as much as five years in prison. · Regardless of whether you expected to profit‚ you’re still liable in
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from many countries‚ ("Why Did the Holocaust Start?") Jews were also blamed for many misshapes that took place in the economy and even in history. The holocaust took place because Nazi leader Hitler’s beliefs‚ the lost of world WWI‚ and because the rest of Germany’s losses were blamed on Jews. These events lead to the holocaust causing Jews to be imprisoned‚ persecuted and forced into hiding. The website clarified that in WWI German Jews did serve in the military‚ they did this “loyalty and bravely
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What is nationalism‚ and why did it start? Now‚ a definition will tell you that nationalism is the belief that your country is superior‚ without question or doubt. Most historians would suggest that nationalism developed in England and France over the course of their state-building. Yet‚ it’s unknown where it exactly started. Now‚ nationalism often suffers from confusion both over the meaning of the term and over its role in the modern world. In many cases‚ nationalism can inspire people to break
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The History of how soccer started. Many say it started in England. Some say it started in the Aztec. Some even say it started in the India but where did it really start? Soccer is popular all around the globe its played worldwide every day. However not everyone knows about it all started. Soccer has been around many thousands of years. It started around 2nd 3rd B.C around China during the Han Dynasty (“History of Soccer”). They would dribble a leather type of ball and score on a small net
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The purpose of this paper is to show the beginnings of Jazz and how it transformed and developed through the decades. What I needed to research‚ was how jazz all began and how it evolved. How did it start? Who were the people that were involved in the beginning? Where did it begin? How did it evolve into what jazz is today? Jazz had its beginnings in Africa. Before the slave trade‚ tribes in Africa had there own rhythms‚ instruments‚ and dances. It was the slave trade brought by ships to South America
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1939 and with Hitler and Stalin working as partners the German army came at Poland from the West and the SSR came from the East. On August 31 of 1939 Germany attakced Poland and in response Britain and France declared war on Germany. This was the start of the war. Eventhough Britain and France declared war on Germany they were still encuraged to take over poland. The Battle of the Atlantic was a battle between the Germans and the British. The Germans used U-boats to sink cargo ships that were trying
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Slavery‚ where did it all begin? In 1619 a Dutch ship escorted 20 African slaves to Jamestown‚ Virginia know as the British Colony. During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ European settlers in North America were seeking out labor sourced servants. Europeans were mostly poor so they needed cheap labor sources which lead them to African slaves. There is not an exact number of how many slaves were brought to America but the number is close to 6 to 7 million during the 18th century. African slaves worked
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