downloading and the projected loss of sales: “ In 2002‚ the RIAA reported that CD sales had fallen by 8.9 percent‚ from 882 million to 803 million units; revenues fell 6.7 percent. This confirms a trend over the past few years. The RIAA blames Internet piracy for the trend‚ though there are many other causes that could account for this drop. SoundScan‚ for example‚ reports a more than 20 percent drop in the number of CDs released since 1999. That no doubt accounts for some of the decrease in sales... But
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current issue involving “internet piracy” has been a hot topic in several countries‚ including the United States. The issue at hand is a claimed figure that allegedly spans upwards of 250 billion dollars translated to American currency in losses on behalf of several international multimedia franchises according to statistics compiled by the Director’s Guild of America. These losses are observed in franchises including but not limited to: film‚ music‚ computer software‚ video games‚ publishing‚ and
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PAPER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PIRACY FALL 2014 Done by Aisuluu Alymbekova Group: CSSE-124 Advisor: Almaty 2014 Outline 1. Introduction a. What is Intellectual Property? b. What is online piracy? 2. Body a. History of intellectual property b. IP Law and regulations i. Worldwide ii. Kazakhstan c. IP Law omissions d. Intellectual property infringement on the Internet i. Examples ii. Statistics e. Interview with few IITU students about online piracy in Kazakhstan f. Questionnaire in
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INDUSTRY 2006 PIRACY REPORT PROTECTING CREATIVITY IN MUSIC CONTENTS 03 INTRODUCTION 04 THE MANY FACES OF MUSIC PIRACY Physical piracy shows no signs of abating Internet piracy: losses to the industry New forms of digital piracy 06 TACKLING INTERNET PIRACY – PROMOTING LEGAL SERVICES Providing new legal services Enforcement Education: a job for industry and governments P2P legal landscape improves Virus fears surround illegal P2P The spread of pre-release piracy 09 PHYSICAL
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Outline Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on how to stop worrying and start living. Central Idea: We can stop worrying and start living by live in the moment‚ stop recycling the past‚ and stop trying to save the world. Main point 1: We can stop worrying and start living by live in the moment. Main point 2: We can stop worrying and start living by stop recycling the past. Main point 3: We can stop worrying and start living by stop trying to save the world. Introduction It is very
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Piracy At Sea The word "pirate" typically makes one think of names like "Blackbeard‚" or it congers up images of buried treasure‚ tall sailing ships and sword fights. But the words and images which are traditionally linked with the term "pirate" do not reflect the pirates of today. Modern-day pirates are not sailing tall ships and do not wield swashbuckling swords or fire cannons. Today‚ pirates are found frequently off the shore of the African country of Somalia‚ and they use small metal skiffs
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Outline Thesis: Modern seaborne piracy off the coast of Somalia can be controlled by making Somalia more safe and stable‚ improving the infrastructure‚ and finding individual or private solutions. Introduction I. Making Somalia more safe and stable A. Starting an effective government B. Establishing higher demands of security II. Improving Infrastructures A. Forming a steady and firm framework B. Creating and enforcing treaties
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How to stop bullying There is no single solution to stop bullying; its an ongoing issue that occurs everyday at schools across the world. It doesn’t matter who you are‚ what you look like‚ or who your friends with there will always be bullying at schools. However I am going to help explain the 3 steps of dealing with bullies and hopefully put an end to this continuous ongoing issue. Here are the 3 ways to cope with bullying: 1. Understand that there are many forms of bullying 2. Prevention
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Assessment 1 - Essay Online Communication How can traditional (or old media) enterprises such as film‚ television and music overcome the threat of online piracy and file sharing? Author: XXXXXXX Tutor: XXXXXXXX The rise of the Internet era opened the whole new market for traditional media full of opportunities as well as threats. Online piracy being one of them because the music and film industry loses £5.4bn in a year and if it was reduced by 10% it could have created up to 13
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How to Stop Corruption|10 Tips for Prevention & Eradication Corruption is a habit and hence everyone who is in the position are susceptible to it. There are people who are ready to compete for those jobs with greater chances of corruption and those who don’t have the chance‚ expect to minimize the corruption and keep complaining about it. But prevention and eradication of corruption is an absolute requirement for better social and public life. This corruption takes an interesting turn in such a
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