Fair trade

In August of 2008 the late Christopher Hitchens wrote an essay published in Vanity Fair that was titled “Believe Me, It’s Torture”. This essay was unique because of its strange pairing of content and audience. Christopher Hitchens had decided to put a fairly controversial political essay in a magazine that targets women, covers fashion and pop culture, and typically steers away from politics entirely. This shows that his intended audience was the average adult woman in america. Christopher…

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,…

Given the past two examples, the case could be made that the DMCA is broken, simply because the creators of the intellectual property do not seem to be as protected as the people who are potentially infringing, or that companies like YouTube can have others work on their site, simply by claiming it isn’t their fault. This is not true. In fact, the DMCA often protects copyright holders work. MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster is a perfect example of this. In 2005, a small conglomeration of…

The State Fair of Texas, full of fried foods, car shows, live entertainment, and plenty of rides and games, was back in town in Dallas, Texas. Spanning from September 25th to October 18th, this was the fair’s 129th year to be alive and thriving. Starting in the 19th century, “American fairs and exhibitions reflected the nation’s agricultural-based economy.” The fair was initially a way to offer education, resources, and entertainment, and this is the way I used to see it. I loved going to…

n the video a Fair(y) use tale, It follows all the qualifications that goes under fair use. The definition of fair use is copyright material that in circumstances such as quotes, critisum, news reportings, teaching, and research, without needed permission or purchase from the copyright holder, you can use it. In Fair(y) use tale it is a video about Fair use, it gives examples, definitions with clips and small portions of Disney cartoons. Disney has a very strict policy and guidelines about…

Globalization is the process where different countries interconnect, and trade goods for the purpose of making business out of what each other can produce, often these trades impact each country differently. Kenneth Pomeranz, and Steven Topik, discuss in their book “The World That Trade Created” how globalization has impacted the world since early history. Trade creates a wider gap between rich and the poor, this being a negative impact for the poor, where they continue to get even poorer. Where…

to almost everyone, including the artists and composers, and/or the creator of this image or intellectual property, as well as the one who wants to download this composition, no matter the reason. There are exceptions, such as teaching purposes, ‘fair use’, 'public domain ', as well as for librarians. Ethics and legal concerns need to be considered prior to clicking the ‘download’ prompt. Although visual media is at our fingertips, photographs, and other intellectual property, though…

Orientation to College is a great course that I have taken this semester. I have learned a lot of things that I have been using on a daily basis and I can use in the future. This course has also made it easier for me to understand my other classes as well. My grades are one thing that I have been maintaining at an great average because of this course. I have learned to reflect and give my opinion about a topic that is being discussed. I know that this course is going to help me in the future and…

the story. The story jumps from one event to another, so the tone is constantly changing, but based solely on the plot, it can be implied that the tone can be sarcastic and judging. One of the two critics of a critical analysis of the tone of Vanity Fair stated that, “the narrator 's voice gains an authority with the reader that 's hard to shake off or question,” which is questionable. The narrator is simply giving background information on the characters. He does not simply expect the reader to…

Plagiarism and Fallacies Many people discredit the music genre of “mash-ups” from being an actually genre on the grounds that a mixer is using other people’s work. Mixing is actually a widely practices art form of music that in certain circles is in fact recognized as an art form. If much of the public stays close-minded on those who use other people’s music to create a new sound and only consider them to be plagiarists, this genre of music won’t be able to go anywhere. If mixers they are…