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are getting mad at the fact that new apps, like Spotify Pandora and more are free, because each time they are played the artist does not get any credit for it. The radio and recording industries are interdependence and without one another the whole system that has been built up over years, from the record to the tape recorder, to the CD, to the radio would be…

The more accepted term used is file sharing, and it is just that: sharing files over the web, typically illegally. File sharing has been a controversy who’s legality has been frivolously debated since Napster in 1999. (Oberholzer) File sharing has been exaggerated to be an instrument of theft, thus leading to the downfall of the music industry. However, thanks to file sharing, users have been exposed to music they would have otherwise never known existed. File sharing of intellectual…

The first company I looked into in depth was iTunes and its corresponding Apple Music. Through iTunes, artists receive less than 10% of the price of the sale of their song. For a $9.99 download, the artist receives 94 CENTS, the record company receives $5.35, and iTunes receives $3.70. For every song downloaded, the artist gets NINE CENTS. They put in so much work only to earn nine cents. As the average minimum wage in the United States is currently $1,071.20 a month, the average artist needs to…

of the compact tape cassette which enabled listeners to copy music. Over the years, people made the switch from tape cassettes and began using the CD as a new platform for copying music (Vandaele, Janssenes and Beken). In 1998, MP3 player and MP3 files were invented.…

though they are changing, but instead becoming more confusing. Although MP3 formatted songs have been around for a while now the places where you can purchase and the items you can play them on keep evolving. As we discussed it wasn’t until the digital file format of the music industry that the idea of buying single songs really exploded. Also, along with this we discussed the impact the Peer-to-Peer sharing of music and that greatly negatively affected the industry, which could only be done…

country has strong legislation and other country, which legislation needs to be improved. China represents country with comprehensive and strict rules against digital copyright infringement. It requires following: 1. “Web sites that share video files to have permits and be controlled by the state or owned by state 2. These permits last for three years and will need renewal. 3. The web sites that violate any rules will be subject to a 5-year ban…

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…

We all have seen what the love for music has done; it brought us together, cheered us, enlightened us, and romanticized us. It seems to not be the case anymore. The music industry has killed our music; it has deprived us from the warmth of music. It has turned our artistry into a monopoly. Although, it has brought massive amount of people together, it has also brought the destruction of uniqueness. Millions of people listen to the same thing that comes in the radio, not knowing the music they…

Dark Net The Dark Net is a computer network with restricted access that is used chiefly for illegal peer-to-peer file sharing. The dark net is a dangerous place on the computer, but are you safe from it? There were a few questions I asked myself about the dark net. Can the police control the dark net? Should the community be worried about the information on the dark net? What is my opinion on the dark net? The dark net is a place where visitors feel "safe", by being able to hide their internet…

reliability issues caused by increased temperatures and factors like soft errors and negative-bias temperature instability (NBTI) are degrading the device performance and affecting the design criteria. The SRAM cells are implemented using register files (RF). SRAM cells are small and used often and susceptible to the errors affecting the reliability of the microprocessor. A single particle…