is the word free and after seeing that word free people don’t care about anything else. Napster opened up so many doors in the music industry, but not all of it was bad. For example, underground artist became more popular because the music files sharing. Therefore once you’re big in the music industry and making music; how can you make your money if everyone is downloading it for free? I feel that Napster is unethical, although it did have good features. The underground music world benefited a…
The MP3 business is taking off under the leadership of Kirsten Vander Hart, Cassie Morris, and Makayla Ashbaugh. Twisting Tunes took a deep dive but has been steadily increasing, showing great promise. • Performance o Twisting Tunes came off with a rough start. We sat at the bottom of the pack during the first quarter when our stock price was $16.79 when most people were at mid-thirties. We determined the issue was that we did not purchase the proper amount of materials causing us to lose a lot…
Yanchuan Guo Prof. Emily Perez English 101A February,20 2016 Annotated Bibliography Source 1 Greenblatt, Alan. "Future of the Music Industry." CQ Researcher 21 Nov. 2003: 989-1012. Web. 20 Feb. 2016. Greenblatt’s text explains the impact of free downloading music from the internet in recent years. Many music producers start to sell their licensed music in a low price against piracy. But many people wonder if this way of selling music will remain profitable in the future. He also believes that…
Although streaming is a newer form of media consumption, it is important to understand that there is historical context to how the internet has affected the music industry. According to Dewan (2014), “The recent disruption of the music industry can be traced back to the arrival of online peer-to-peer technologies such as Napster” (p.101). I think that the piracy associated with digital downloads is a major reason behind the devaluing of music in the eyes of the consumer, thus the cause of…
The Legality of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and its Effects on the Media Industry The introduction of the internet to mainstream America was a marvelous time. It ushered in an era of interconnectedness and open communication. The internet also facilitated the transfer of information from one side of the world to the other. But as it seems with every new technology, people quickly began to exploit the abilities of the internet for their own personal, and commonly illegal, purposes. Along with…
through media sharing, the similarities to tape recording, and most certainly the often crude copyright laws. These laws were established in a time before computers and - while bills like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act are making copyright relative to today’s technology - most of the rulings turn out as extremes. Programs that obviously aid in piracy can escape a court case unscratched; or record labels can sue for ridiculous sums, as with the case involving the file-sharing program…
file sharing to hand out large amounts of data around the world. Essentially this program takes the hassle of transferring large data file from one huge server to every user over an extremely robust network connection and splits it up to multiple normal pc’s, and multiply smaller networks connections. This software is the most common form of decentralization, starting with its ease of use and wide variety of file sharing capabilities it gives the user and developers. Decentralized file sharing…
Udemy, a stage for specialists to offer instructive courses, has been blamed for not doing what 's needed to expel stolen content from its administration. 2.1 What is going on? Udemy.com is a stage or commercial center for internet learning. It gives a stage to specialists of any sort to make courses which can be offered to the general population, either at no charge or for an educational cost expense. Udemy gives apparatuses which empower clients to make a course, advance it and gain cash…
type of file sharing software downloaded onto their computers or mobile devices. There are thousands of file sharing software out there with some of the most popular ones being Napster, LimeWire, and The Pirate Bay. All of which have been sued or are currently being sued for copyright infringement over the Internet by major record labels. Napster was the first big file sharing software that got sued and set the precedent for future cases involving file sharing software and file sharing…
Professors, advisors, and administrators are the fundamentals to a university. They are the ones who will guide and help prospective and current students. The ones every student interacts with and the students get to know throughout the semester. Now, students have other options when seeking help. Peer educators are the umbrella for the smaller roles certain students have in the university. Peer mentors, advisors, and tutors are the helping roles for academic advisors and professors. They are…