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Throughout the years, music has been used to protest events going on in the world. One of the most notable events that musicians had protested through music is the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Phil Ochs was one of many protest singers of the era, his song “Draft Dodger Rag” protested the draft that occurred during the war. In 1965, the United States started to send soldiers to fight in the Vietnam War. To make the army larger, the U.S. used what is called the draft. This…

Illegal downloading also known as file sharing enables people throughout the world to share information such as movies, music and documents. The various industries have been effected by the activities of illegal downloading. Music artists around the world were losing out on thousands if not millions of dollar worth of profit from CD sales. The illegal downloading will make the owner give up and they will not interest produce materials with the loss that they have to face. In this situation,…

by Erich Maria Remarque and translated by A. W. Wheen, is coined as “The Greatest War Novel of All Time”. It sold almost 1,500,000 copies in the first year it was published, was translated into 12 different languages, and was very famous for it’s anti-war influence. This novel has 4 key themes that are prevalent throughout the book. Firstly is the comparison of the recruits to Remarque himself, then the dehumanization of soldiers, the usage and purpose for the war, and finally, the theme of a…

During 1969, the Moratorium to End the War protest was filled with 250,000 anti-war activists. Teachers, students, librarians, and doctors all carried banners protesting the war in Vietnam. For the time being, it was the largest antiwar protests. It turned out to be unsuccessful because Nixon escalated the war. In recent times, they’re have been more protests similar to that from Vietnam’s. Although some believe that protestesting is an action to make their voices heard, protesting, on the other…

The new technology allows music to be distributed everywhere in the world. Music accompanied people when they listen to music on the radio, listen to music through their personal devices when they workout or having a trip to their destination. Music conveys ideas and concepts that the artists hope their audiences to listen. Audiences receive the messages and impressions depend on their personal depiction of their music experience, which in turn, some music allows audiences to relief their…

How will the music industry have an impact in the future? Will the technology when downloading music be better and portable without having to carry a phone or small device? In the beginning many people bought CD’s, records, or cassettes to play music, as technology advance people have mp3 players or phones to listen to music. In America many people have used the internet to download music illegally and legally, each month more than 2.6m songs are downloaded illegally. Many artist dislike when…

Stop Bea! Do you know what you're doing? I bet you didn't know your deplorable online pirating habit affects everyone, including you! Although Australia has delayed releases of television shows and movies, this is no excuse for Australians being the world’s worst infringers of online copyright (Hayes, Alex, 2015). Bea: So what is copyright? It’s the legal right given to creators of original works to exclusively use or distribute their works for a limited time. It thereby provides creators of…

This article utilizes multiple criminology theories which included general strain and self-control, as moderate predictors for a variety of criminal acts and music piracy. Digital piracy is the illegal act of copying digital goods, software, documents, music, and videos without permission and compensation to the copyright holder. Since the early days of dial-up modems and online bulletin boards, digital piracy has been prevalent phenomenon. In addition, with the ever-present access to the…

initiating Australia’s involvement in the war. This sparked the beginning of the anti-war movements being…

that Marcel Duchamp’s ready-mades changed the way we think about art. Duchamp argued that aesthetics and skill were not what made art, it was the artists idea that mattered. This idea is where the ready-mades and then Dadaism come from. The term anti-art, a precursor to Dada, was coined by Marcel Duchamp around 1913 when he created his first ready-mades. Ready-mades say that anything can be art if the artist has the idea to make it art. Marcel Duchamp and…