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Fair and Equal Pay, Not So Fair and Equal Labor Unions seem like a decaying memory; over the past few years, numbers of membership of unions have dropped to a low 11.1 percent in 2015, while membership in 1983 was at 20.1%. (“Union Members Summary”) The drop-in numbers seem to be related to economic issues like the recession in December of 2007(“By comparison”). Or could it be that workers are sick of equal pay for all employees? People that belong to unions, seem tired of going to work, doing…

OTHER SECTION It is clear that Gaye’s composition on paper is protected, but it is also clear that the style Gaye’s composition reflects is an idea that is not protected, pursuant to section 102 (b). Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §§ 102(b) (2012). The question then becomes, whether Appellants attempted to reflect the style of Gaye’s piece, or whether they attempted to build on an already completed composition to create a derivative song that paralleled the original, pursuant to section 103.…

A recent case that has exploded into the social media world, is the trademark case between, multibillion dollar corporation, Walt Disney Studios and famous DJ/musician ‘Deadmau5’ aka Joel Zimmerman. The legal dispute raged many fans supporting Zimmerman’s defence as Disney claimed that the signature mouse ears used in Zimmerman’s logo was “nearly identical in appearance, connotation, and overall commercial impression” to their own “iconic” mouse ears which Disney uses in there ‘Mickey Mouse’…

How the authorial intent affects the value is also dependent on whether or not the creator succeeded in their purpose, viz whether or not the reader can infer an intended meaning from the text thus the creator’s role is to make this intent effective to understand (Aagaard-Mogensen, 1986 p28). However, the view that there is only one meaning, and that others are incorrect and/or irrelevant limits the value that can be interpreted from the piece. Here the intentional fallacy comes into play, the…

One quote that is seen many times throughout the play is, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (1.1.12). This quote can best be applied to Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is first mentioned because he performed valiantly in battle and gained a promotion. To the audience, Macbeth is a seemingly…

Experience at the Career Fair On Thursday, October 5, I had the opportunity to go to a career fair on campus. It was an interesting experience. I had knowledge of some of the companies that would be at the fair. I had the pleasure of talking to Lieutenant Anthony Natale with the United States Navy. He was an interesting man with a passion for the Navy. He enlisted in the Navy in 1999 and has been serving ever since. I talked to Lieutenant Anthony for about forty minutes about my possible future…

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…

Write a computer use policy. 1. Explain ethical computing PC morals is set of good rule that control the utilization of PCs (Christensson, 2006). Some regular issues of PC morals incorporate licensed innovation rights, (for example, copyrighted electronic substance), protection concerns, and how PCs influence society (Christensson, 2006). It’s unethical to access someone’s personal information on a computer (Christensson, 2006). As the universe of PCs advances, PC morals keeps on making moral…

Music Piracy Pirates back in the 1800’s were known to sail the high seas, plunder ships, steal cargo, the list goes on. Pirates today are still around but they take a different form, they take the form of someone going on the internet and downloading a torrent of that catchy new song they heard on the radio or downloading an entire album from some no name artist that doesn’t have their album on Spotify yet. These pirates aren’t your traditional, pirates they’re music pirates. Music piracy hurts…

Sustainability The Organization is working to promote an awareness of the need for a sustainable coffee economy by making stakeholders in the coffee sector aware of the threat to sustainability posed by negative economic conditions for producers, and proposing measures in areas such as quality, promotion and diversification to maintain balance in the world coffee market. Recognizing the exceptional importance of coffee to the economies of many countries which are largely dependent upon this…