The Pirate Bay Case Study 24 06 2009 Introduction The Internet has served as a medium for peers to share any kind of files‚ like pictures‚ videos‚ music‚ books‚ etc. However‚ in order for peers to be able to exchange files‚ a platform is needed. There are many platforms available that serve as a bridge technology so that peers can share files with other peers around the world. These platforms only serve as a connection devise and not as a piracy store. As a result of the existence of these
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may approach those of metals. The physical properties of semiconductors are studied in solid-state physics. (Encarta 2) Silicon is the raw material most often used in integrated circuit (IC) fabrication. It is the second most abundant substance on the earth. It is extracted from rocks and common beach sand and put through an exhaustive purification process. In this form‚ silicon is the purist industrial substance that man produces‚ with impurities comprising less than one part in a billion. That is
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CAST STUDY NO.2 PIRATES OF GLOBALIZATION Presented to Professor (Dr.) Joseph F. Aiyeku MB 616: International Business Management. By Group No.2 1. What actions con companies and governments take to ensure that products cannot be easily pirates? Be specific. Answer: For example of garments products of Tommy Hilfiger; there are three categories for man‚ woman and children wears Products for man; Sport wear‚ Tailored‚ Underwear‚ Bags and eyewear Products for woman;
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Pirates of the Silverland A. INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB) was actively engaged in the business of transportation of crude palm oil (CPO). It was in a niche market because of high demand in delivering the CPO from the mills to the refineries. In addition‚ due to this reason‚ the industry players were rewarded with high gross profit margin which ranged on 35% - 45% with low administrative overheads. However‚ as PHSB involved in service industry‚ high cost of sales was inevitable
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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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The German scientist‚ Julius Scheiner was most likely the first person to realise there was a possibility of silicon being a basis of life. This idea was then grapsed by the british scientist James Reynolds in 1893. he then pointed out that its molecular integrity withheld in high temperatures which might allow life to exist at very high temperatures. Silicon seems promising when it comes to being the basis of life‚ but when the topic is researched futher. Carbon‚ when it is oxidized during the
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Executive Summary Camp Happy Valley is a successful non-profit organization. It began in 1965 as a summer day camp for children living in the city of London‚ Ontario. The camp’s objective has been “to maximize the camper’s experience through a multitude of activity in a positive and safe atmosphere.” In the recent year‚ Camp Happy Valley has seen a decrease in the morale of the staff; last summer‚ camp received many complaints from staff‚ campers and parents. Adam Cameron is a first-year student
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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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