The Impact of Music Piracy According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) the record industry loses $4.3 billion dollars‚ worldwide‚ due to music piracy (RIAA‚ 2003). The American Federation of Artists claims that on-line music piracy has caused some record store sales to drop by 20% and that 20.6 billion illegal downloads occur every month (AFM‚ 2004). Many experts believe that music piracy is currently the number one threat to the music industry. RIAA sources claim 278 million people
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Intellectual Intellectual property is under attack by pirates. These pirates are not wearing an eye patch or sporting a peg leg‚ they are anybody and everybody who are selling or copying software for personal or business use. When it comes to software and online piracy‚ in certain countries‚ it is like the Wild West‚ there are laws that are very cut and dry but it seems like nobody follows them. On the other hand there are certain countries where it almost seems like anything goes with a
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researchers would like to acknowledge where in one way or another helped to make this term paper be possible. Because of the help of the people who allotted their time and effort‚ this paper achieved its goal. What types of CDs/DVDs are being sold in Quiapo? * What is more in demand‚ local or foreign movies? * What is the difference of the pirated CDs to original CDs cost? What is the profile of people who sells pirated CDs/DVDs in Quiapo? * How much capital
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Tamara Rodgers Professor Jackson English 1010-542 26 April 2014 Somalian Piracy: A Problem and a Solution Piracy is one of the oldest forms of crime. Since there have been ships on the sea there have been maritime pirates. The vast majority of piracy within the last few years has occurred near Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. These are not the pirates of Hollywood with peg legs who say shiver me timbers. In fact‚ Somalian pirates are extremely aggressive and organized. The International
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ABSTRACT Technology development has allow people in the world‚especially in this case‚Surabaya‚ to violate copyrights of music and films in many forms . This practice (Music and films piracy violation) is spread widely over Surabaya‚ largely consumed by citizens and poorly handled by the authorities. In this paper‚ we will focusing about why and how we as citizens should come to the solution for this case in relation to our Ideology (Pancasila) and our role as Indonesian citizens. After that
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They were all robbers‚ since piracy in its most elementary definition is nothing more than a robbery at sea‚ something
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Research on music piracy A Proposal Submitted to Ms.Rupal Khambhati Faculty (S.R.Luthra Institute Of Management) BY Farhan 14 Divyesh 23 Huzefa 15 Pratik 31 Bhaumik 58 Hardik 05 November 13‚ 2011 Executive Summary: In today’s technological era‚ the music industry is in a crisis. Music is being downloaded illegally more than ever .Rising costs for music coupled with a lack of guilt for pirating music has caused music piracy rates to skyrocket. Be it
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The position of Iran on piracy in the Gulf of Aden Iran’s navy has rescued various foreign ships from the hands of pirates. Commander of the Iranian Navy said "The dispatch of the 21 fleets of warships to international waters in a three-year-long period and their 100% success in accomplishing missions signify the might and power of the Army’s naval force‚" Despite economic sanctions imposed by the west‚ Iran and its navy have still met its mandate to help save and protect foreign ships from pirates
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about software‚ images and book? Ans-Movies: In movies we generally see a scene/concept/idea/story/music/acting/shot etc. are borrowed from previous movies and used either as a whole or part or modified. This can be homage‚ clever improvisation of the old to new. Simple lift‚ copy paste etc. Depending on the intention and talent of the plagiarizer. This will involve every field in movie making and this is a regular process of making movies. Software: Did you know that software piracy
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Teach places several slow burning fuses under his hat‚ lighting each one by one[i]. With wisps of smoke billowing around his face‚ Blackbeard‚ the most treacherous pirate in history‚ emerges from his cabin to join the fight. In the golden age of piracy‚ Captain Edward Teach‚ more commonly known as Blackbeard‚ stands out as the fiercest and most important figure. Blackbeard and his crew successfully controlled commerce along the North Carolina and Virginia coast from 1717-1718. Blackbeard influenced
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